Habakkuk 3

God’s People Saved

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to ▼

▼Perhaps a highly emotional poetic form

Shigionoth.
2 Lord, I have ^bheard ▼

▼Or Your report

the report about You, and ▼

▼Or I am in awe, O Lord, of Your work; In the midst of the years revive it,

I was ^eafraid.
Lord, ^frevive ^gYour work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known.
In anger remember ▼

▼Or compassion

, ⁱmercy.

3 God comes from ^jTeman,
And the Holy One from Mount ^kParan. Selah
His ^lsplendor covers the heavens,
And the ^mearth is full of His praise.
4 His ⁿradiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And the hiding of His ^omight is there.
5 Before Him goes ^pplague,
And ^qplague comes forth ▼

▼Lit at His feet

after Him.
6 He stood and caused the earth to shudder;
He looked and ^scaused the nations to jump.
Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills ▼

▼Lit cowered

collapsed.
His paths are ^ueverlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan under ^vdistress,
The tent curtains of the land of ^wMidian were trembling.

8 Did the Lord rage against the ^xrivers,
Or was Your anger against the rivers,
Or was Your rage against the ^ysea,
That You ^zrode on Your horses,
On Your ^aachariots of salvation?
9 You removed Your ^abbow from its holder,
The arrows of Your word were ▼

▼Lit oaths

sworn. Selah
You ^addivided the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw You and quaked;
The downpour of waters swept by.
The deep ^aeraised its voice,
It lifted high its hands.
11 ^afSun and moon stood in their lofty places;
They went away at the ^aglight of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your flashing spear.
12 In indignation You ^ahmarched through the earth;
In anger You ▼

▼Or threshed

, ^ajtrampled the nations.
13 You went forth for the ^aksalvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your ^alanointed.
You smashed the ^amhead of the house of evil
To uncover him from ▼

▼Lit base

foot to neck. Selah
14 You pierced with his ^aoown ▼

▼Lit shafts

arrows
The head of his ▼

▼Or villagers

leaders.
They ^arstormed in to scatter ▼

▼Lit me

us;
Their arrogance was like those
Who ^atdevour the oppressed in secret.
15 You ^autrampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the ^avfoam of many waters.

16 I heard, and my ▼

▼Lit belly

inner parts ^axtrembled;
At the sound, my lips quivered.
Decay enters my ^aybones,
And in my place I tremble;
Because I ▼

▼Or sigh for

must ^bawait quietly for the day of distress,
▼

▼Or To come upon the people who will

For the ^bcpeople to arise who will attack us.
17 Even if the ^bdfig tree does not blossom,
And there is no ▼

▼Lit produce

fruit on the vines,
If the yield of the ^bfolive fails,
And the fields produce no food,
Even if the ^bgflock disappears from the fold,
And there are ^bhno cattle in the stalls,
18 Yet I will ^bitriumph in the Lord,
I will ^bjrejoice in the ^bkGod of my salvation.
19 The Lord ▼

▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

God is my ^bmstrength,
And ^bnHe has made my feet like deer’s feet,
And has me walk on my ^bohigh places.

For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.