Judg 5:4-5, Psa 68:7-8, Hab 3:3 | JFB | STEP | 4, 5. Allusion is here made, in general terms, to God's interposition on behalf of His people. Seir . . . the field of Edom —represent the mountain range and plain extending along the south from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf. thou wentest out —indicates the storm to have proceeded from the south or southeast.

Judges 5:4-5

4, 5. Allusion is here made, in general terms, to God's interposition on behalf of His people.

Seir . . . the field of Edom—represent the mountain range and plain extending along the south from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf.

thou wentest out—indicates the storm to have proceeded from the south or southeast.

Psalms 68:7-8

7, 8. (Compare Ex 19:16-18).

thou wentest—in the pillar of fire.

thou didst march—literally, "in Thy tread," Thy majestic movement.

8. even Sinai itself—literally, "that Sinai," as in Jud 5:5.

Habakkuk 3:3

3. God—singular in the Hebrew, "Eloah," instead of "Elohim," plural, usually employed. The singular is not found in any other of the minor prophets, or Jeremiah, or Ezekiel; but it is in Isaiah, Daniel, Job, and Deuteronomy.

from Teman—the country south of Judea and near Edom, in which latter country Mount Paran was situated [HENDERSON]. "Paran" is the desert region, extending from the south of Judah to Sinai. Seir, Sinai, and Paran are adjacent to one another, and are hence associated together, in respect to God's giving of the law (De 33:2). Teman is so identified with Seir or Edom, as here to be substituted for it. Habakkuk appeals to God's glorious manifestations to His people at Sinai, as the ground for praying that God will "revive His work" (Hab 3:2) now. For He is the same God now as ever.

Selah—a musical sign, put at the close of sections and strophes, always at the end of a verse, except thrice; namely, here, and Hab 3:9, and Ps 55:19; 57:3, where, however, it closes the hemistich. It implies a change of the modulation. It comes from a root to "rest" or "pause" [GESENIUS]; implying a cessation of the chant, during an instrumental interlude. The solemn pause here prepares the mind for contemplating the glorious description of Jehovah's manifestation which follows.

earth . . . full of his praise—that is, of His glories which were calculated to call forth universal praise; the parallelism to "glory" proves this to be the sense.