John Trapp on Ezekiel 29:3

Ver. 3. The great dragon] Or Whale, or Crocodile, the figure of Pharaoh; whoſe Princes alſo and people are fitly compared to leſſer fiſhes, and Egypt to waters, wherewith it aboundeth.Oecol. Theſe ſhall all ſuffer together, ſaith the Prophet: Principis enim calamitas, populi clades eſt. Confer Pſal. 74.13, 14.

That lieth in the midst of his rivers] That lieth at eaſe in the ſwolen waters of his Nilus, and battleth.

Which hath ſaid My river is mine own] The river Nilus watereth Egypt and maketh it fruitful beyond credulity. They do but caſt in the ſeed, and have four rich harveſts in leſſe then four moneths, ſay travellers. Hence the Egyptians were generally proud, riotus, and ſuperſtitious above meaſure: Plin. Paneg. Nequitias tellus ſcit dare nulla magis. The moſt poyſonous flies are bred in the ſweeteſt fruit-trees. See on 1 Tim. 6.17.

And I have made it for my ſelf] i. e. Uſeful and ſerviceable to my Country, with much paines and expence, by ditches, channels, water-courſes, &c. Theſe were cleanſed and repaired by the command of Auguſtus Caeſar, Sueton. when he had ſubdued Egypt, and reduced it into a Province. Some render it Ego feci meipſum, I have made my ſelf; a moſt arrogant ſpeech!

Ovid.Sum felix; quis enim neget hoc? felix que manebo; Hoc quoque quis dubitet? tutum me copia fecit. Major ſum quam cui poſſit fortuna nocere.