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Habakkuk 3
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth (note: Shigionoth is probably a musical term indicating the setting for the prayer.):
LORD, I have heard of your fame.
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
God came from Teman,
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah (note: Selah or Interlude is probably a musical or literary term; also in verses 9 and 13.) His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
His splendour is like the sunrise.
His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
He stood, and shook the earth.
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction.
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
Was the LORD displeased with the rivers?
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
You uncovered your bow.
You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
The mountains saw you, and were afraid.
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
The sun and moon stood still in the sky
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
You marched through the land in wrath.
You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
You went out for the salvation of your people,
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears.
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
You trampled the sea with your horses,
You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
I heard, and my body trembled.
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish,
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD.
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
GOD, the Lord, is my strength.
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.