Hab 3 | ESV | STEP | A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet , according to Shigionoth .

O Lord, ^aI have heard the report of you,
and ^byour work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years ^crevive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
^din wrath remember mercy.

(OHB)

יְהוָה שָׁמַעְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ יָרֵאתִי יְהוָה פָּֽעָלְךָ בְּקֶרֶב שָׁנִים חַיֵּיהוּ בְּקֶרֶב שָׁנִים תּוֹדִיעַ בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּֽוֹר׃

Hab 3: 3

(ESV)

God came from ^eTeman,
^fand the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.

(OHB)

אֱלוֹהַ ^{▼▼We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.} מִתֵּימָן יָבוֹא וְקָדוֹשׁ מֵֽהַר־פָּארָן סֶלָה כִּסָּה שָׁמַיִם הוֹדוֹ וּתְהִלָּתוֹ מָלְאָה הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Hab 3: 4

(ESV)

^hHis brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.

(OHB)

וְנֹגַהּ כָּאוֹר תִּֽהְיֶה קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ וְשָׁם חֶבְיוֹן עֻזֹּֽה׃ ^{▼▼Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.} ^{▼▼We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.}

Hab 3: 5

(ESV)

^kBefore him went pestilence,
and plague followed ^lat his heels. ^{▼▼Hebrew feet}

(OHB)

לְפָנָיו יֵלֶךְ דָּבֶר וְיֵצֵא רֶשֶׁף לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

Hab 3: 6

(ESV)

He stood ⁿand measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the ^oeternal mountains ^pwere scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were ^qthe everlasting ways.

(OHB)

עָמַד ׀ וַיְמֹדֶד אֶרֶץ רָאָה וַיַּתֵּר גּוֹיִם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ הַרְרֵי־עַד שַׁחוּ גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם הֲלִיכוֹת עוֹלָם לֽוֹ׃

Hab 3: 7

(ESV)

I saw the tents of ^rCushan in affliction;
^sthe curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

(OHB)

תַּחַת אָוֶן רָאִיתִי אָהֳלֵי כוּשָׁן יִרְגְּזוּן יְרִיעוֹת אֶרֶץ מִדְיָֽן׃ ס

Hab 3: 8

(ESV)

^tWas your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
^uor your indignation against the sea,
^vwhen you rode on your horses,
^won your chariot of salvation?

(OHB)

הֲבִנְהָרִים חָרָה יְהוָה אִם בַּנְּהָרִים אַפֶּךָ אִם־בַּיָּם עֶבְרָתֶךָ כִּי תִרְכַּב עַל־סוּסֶיךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃

Hab 3: 9

(ESV)

You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain} Selah
^yYou split the earth with rivers.

(OHB)

עֶרְיָה תֵעוֹר קַשְׁתֶּךָ שְׁבֻעוֹת מַטּוֹת אֹמֶר סֶלָה נְהָרוֹת תְּבַקַּע־אָֽרֶץ׃

Hab 3: 10

(ESV)

^zThe mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
^aathe deep gave forth its voice;
^abit lifted its hands on high.

(OHB)

רָאוּךָ יָחִילוּ הָרִים זֶרֶם מַיִם עָבָר נָתַן תְּהוֹם קוֹלוֹ רוֹם יָדֵיהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃

Hab 3: 11

(ESV)

^acThe sun and moon stood still in their place
^adat the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.

(OHB)

שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻלָה לְאוֹר חִצֶּיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּ לְנֹגַהּ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃

Hab 3: 12

(ESV)

^aeYou marched through the earth in fury;
^afyou threshed the nations in anger.

(OHB)

בְּזַעַם תִּצְעַד־אָרֶץ בְּאַף תָּדוּשׁ גּוֹיִֽם׃

Hab 3: 13

(ESV)

^agYou went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of ^ahyour anointed.
^aiYou crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain} Selah

(OHB)

יָצָאתָ לְיֵשַׁע עַמֶּךָ לְיֵשַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶךָ מָחַצְתָּ רֹּאשׁ מִבֵּית רָשָׁע עָרוֹת יְסוֹד עַד־צַוָּאר סֶֽלָה׃ פ

Hab 3: 14

(ESV)

You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

(OHB)

נָקַבְתָּ בְמַטָּיו רֹאשׁ פרזו ^{▼▼ פרז/ופְּרָזָיו
(Qere)} יִסְעֲרוּ לַהֲפִיצֵנִי עֲלִיצֻתָם כְּמוֹ־לֶאֱכֹל עָנִי בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃

Hab 3: 15

(ESV)

^alYou trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.

(OHB)

דָּרַכְתָּ בַיָּם סוּסֶיךָ חֹמֶר מַיִם רַבִּֽים׃

Hab 3: 16

(ESV)

^amI hear, and ^anmy body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
^aorottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet ^apI will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.

(OHB)

שָׁמַעְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּז בִּטְנִי לְקוֹל צָלֲלוּ שְׂפָתַי יָבוֹא רָקָב בַּעֲצָמַי וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּז אֲשֶׁר אָנוּחַ לְיוֹם צָרָה לַעֲלוֹת לְעַם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃

Hab 3: 17

(ESV)

Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,

(OHB)

כִּֽי־תְאֵנָה לֹֽא־תִפְרָח וְאֵין יְבוּל בַּגְּפָנִים כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַיִת וּשְׁדֵמוֹת לֹא־עָשָׂה אֹכֶל גָּזַר מִמִּכְלָה צֹאן וְאֵין בָּקָר בָּרְפָתִֽים׃

Hab 3: 18

(ESV)

^aqyet I will rejoice in the Lord;
^arI will take joy in the God of my salvation.

(OHB)

וַאֲנִי בַּיהוָה אֶעְלוֹזָה אָגִילָה בֵּאלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִֽי׃

Hab 3: 19

(ESV)

God, the Lord, is my strength;
^ashe makes my feet like the deer’s;
he makes me ^attread on my ^auhigh places.
^avTo the choirmaster: with ^awstringed ^{▼▼Hebrew my stringed} instruments.

(OHB)

יְהוִהּ ^{▼▼Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.} ^{▼▼Marks an anomalous form.} ^{▼▼We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.} אֲדֹנָי חֵילִי וַיָּשֶׂם רַגְלַי כָּֽאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמוֹתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃