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Habakkuk 3

CHAPTER 3 Habakkuk's Prayer

1 The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet with an ode. 2 O lord, I listened to your report, and I feared. O lord, I contemplated your works, and was startled. In the midst of the two living creatures you shall be known; in the approaching of the years you shall be recognized; in the [²at hand ¹time] you shall be made manifest when [²is disturbed ¹my soul]; in wrath [²mercy ¹you shall remember]. 3 God [²from out of ³Teman ¹shall come], even the holy one from out of the mount of the shady Paran. PAUSE. [²covered ³the ⁴heavens ¹His virtue], and his praise filled the earth. 4 And his brightness [²as ³light ¹will be], and horns in his hands. And he established [²affection ¹a strong] by his strength. 5 Before his face shall go a word, and it shall go forth for a flat ground. 6 At his feet [³stood ⁴and ⁵shook ¹the ²earth]; he looked and [²melted ¹nations]; [³were broke through ¹the ²mountains] by force; [⁴melted away ³hills ¹the ²eternal] -- [²ways ¹his eternal]. 7 [⁵in ⁶troubles ¹I beheld ²the ³tents ⁴of Ethiopians], [⁷shall be disturbed ¹and ²the ³tents ⁴of the ⁵land ⁶of Midian]. 8 Were [²at ³the rivers ¹you provoked to anger], O lord, or [²at ³the rivers ¹was your rage], or [²at ³the sea ¹was your impulse]? The one riding upon your horses, and your riding is deliverance. 9 Stretching out, you shall stretch out your bow against the chiefdoms, says the lord. PAUSE. [²of rivers ³shall be torn ¹The land]. 10 They saw you, and [²shall travail ¹peoples]. You shall disperse waters of the coursing. [³gave out ¹The ²abyss] her voice -- the height of his visible display. 11 [³was exalted ¹The ²sun], and the moon stood in her order. At the light of your arrows they shall go forth, and [²in ³brightness ⁴of lightning ¹your weapons]. 12 By intimidation you shall make [³few ¹the ²land], and in rage you shall break nations. 13 You came forth for deliverance of your people, to deliver your anointed one. You threw [²onto ³the heads ⁴of lawless ones ¹death]; [⁴you rose ⁵bonds ⁶unto ⁷the ⁸neck ¹For ²the ³completion]. 14 You cut [³for ⁴astonishment ¹heads ²of mighty ones]; they shall shake in it; they shall open wide their bridles as the [²eating ¹poor] in private. You divided into parts in stupefaction the heads of the mighty. They shall shake in it. They shall open their reins as [²chewing ¹the poor] in concealment. 15 And you conducted [²into ³the sea ¹your horses], disturbing [²waters ¹great]. 16 I watched, and [²was terrified ¹my belly] from the sound of the prayer of my lips; and [²entered ¹trembling] into my bones, and my part beneath. [²was disturbed ¹My manner]. I will rest in a day of my affliction for me to ascend to the people of my sojourn.

An Ode of Belief

17 For though the fig-tree shall not bear fruit, and there shall not be produce on the grapevines; [⁵shall lie ¹and the ²work ³of the ⁴olive], and the plains shall not produce food, [²cease ³from ⁴having food ¹and sheep], and [²shall not exist ¹the oxen] at the stables; 18 yet I [²in ³the ⁴ lord ¹shall exult]; I will rejoice over God my deliverer. 19 The lord God is my power, and he will arrange my feet unto completion; and upon the high places he shall set me, for me to overcome by his ode.