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Psalm 104:26

There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

24LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
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Passing ships share the sea with leviathan at play, a glimpse of God's creation that reaches beyond human work and human use.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 27:1In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill …Both name leviathan in the sea; Psalm 104 describes its play, while Isaiah describes the LORD's punishment and killing of the sea dragon.
Job 41:1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?Both name leviathan: the psalm describes its God-given play, while Job asks whether a person can capture it.
Psalm 107:23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,Ships cross the sea in both psalms, with Psalm 107 naming the business that takes people onto those waters.
Job 40:20Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.Animal play appears in both passages: leviathan plays in the sea, and the animals of the field play in the mountains.
Psalm 74:14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.Both address God concerning leviathan, whom he formed to play in Psalm 104 and whose heads he broke in Psalm 74.
Genesis 7:18The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.The shared detail is a vessel on water: ships travel in the psalm, while the ship floats on rising waters in Genesis.
Ezekiel 27:9The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your …Both mention ships of the sea; Ezekiel adds mariners, repairs, and merchandise to the maritime scene.
Job 3:8Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.Both name leviathan, though Psalm 104 describes its play and Job speaks of people prepared to rouse it amid curses.
Genesis 49:13“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.The sea and ships appear in both passages, with Genesis naming Zebulun's haven for ships.
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Encouragement

The creature sharing the sea with passing ships belongs to God's handiwork. Even leviathan's play has a place in the world God has made.

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