Psalm 104:26

Translations

Modern

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

Traditional

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Literal

There the ships go about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play in it.

Latin

Illic naves pertransibunt; draco iste quem formasti ad illudendum ei.

Original

Hebrew

English

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

Notes

Psalms 104:26

ships pass: Commercial ships used for sea trade were one of the wonders of the ancient Near East (see Isaiah 2:16; 23:1, 3).
Leviathan: The psalmist describes this feared sea creature as something the Lord created and controls.

Psalms 104:24–26

The Lord’s works testify to his wisdom. All parts fit together (land and sea, night and day, land creatures and sea creatures). The Lord’s wisdom makes life orderly and wonderful.

Psalms 104:1–35

This creation hymn (see also Psalms 8, 33, 145) praises God's goodness and greatness. The psalmist thinks about the current world, the original creation, and a future new creation. He views both creations as wonderfully and wisely made (compare Psalm 139:14), as the work of the Lord's Spirit (104:30; Genesis 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6).

Theme notes and profiles

David Beauty in Nature Blessing The Creator-King The Holy Spirit’s Presence

Related verses

Psalm 107:23
Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
Psalm 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
Job 3:8
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Job 41:1–34
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

People

Leviathan: A large sea creature mentioned in the Bible

Glossary

David Foreordination Leviathan Music New Creation, New Creature Psalms, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Dinosaurs God: Providence of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Leviathan: Created by God Leviathan: Possibly a Crocodile Ships: Navigated: The Ocean The Sea: Inhabited by Innumerable Creatures Great and Small The Sea: Passed Over in Ships

Psalm 104:26

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