Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. The King at the Center of the World Imagine this as the starting point. Well being, protection, and health dominate the scene. The Warrior doing battle with the Chaos Dragon The Sea and the Dragon are synonymous.
Creation comes through death.
The Coming of the Light Water images give way to light images. This is the salvation envisioned in verse 12. We are not yet confronted with a true hero story with a human protagonist. God is still the hero, but he is reproduced in mankind by his son the King of Israel. Immersion in water is equivalent to being unconscious, submerged in the primordial womb.