9. We see not &c.] We see not any token of thy Divine presence with us, nor is there so much as a Proplet to give us advice or comfort, or to tell us when these calamities will have an end. Travell. 11. — pluck it out of thy bosom.] That is, Exert thy power again for the destruction of thy enemies. Travell. The hand, when unemployed, was usually inserted in the folds of the garment on the bosom. See note at Ps. lxxix. 12. 13. — thou brakest &c.] Thou didst confound the great and mighty enemies of Israel, in the Red sea. Bp. Hall. — dragons] See the note on Ps. xliv. 19. 14. Thou brakest the heads &c.] "Leviathan" stands for Pharaoh, or the Egyptian power, represented by the Egyptian animal, the crocodile. The "heads" of leviathan are the princes of Egypt, the leaders of the Egyptian armies. And the "people inhabiting the wikderness," to whom they were given for a prey, are the wild beasts haunting the deserts. Bp. Horne. 17. — borders of the earth:] The boundaries of the earth, so that the sea cannot overwhelm them. See Jer. v. 22; Job xxxviii. s. 11. Rosenmuller. 19. — thy turtledove] Thy church, which like a turtledove, simple, defenceless, solitary, meek, timid,