Habakkuk 3

1 3RD CHAPTER A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk; according to shigionoth .t

A Psalm

2 Lord, I have heard the report about you.Lord, I fear your work.In the course of the years, renew it.In the course of the years, reveal it.In all this chaos, remember to be merciful.3 God comes from Teman.The Holy One comes from Mount Paran.SelahHis splendor covers the heavens.His praise fills the earth.4 His brightness is like the sunlight.Rays of light stream from his hand.That is where his power is hidden.5 Diseases go ahead of him.Plagues follow after him.6 He stands and shakes the earth.He casts a glance and startles the nations.The oldest mountains break apart.The ancient hills sink.The ancient paths belong to him.7 I see trouble in the tents of Cushan.I see trembling in the tents of Midian.8 The Lord is not angry with the rivers, is he?If you are angry with the rivers,if you are furious with the sea,why do you ride your horses,your chariots of salvation?9 You get your bow ready for action,for the arrows you promised.SelahYou split the land with rivers.10 The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain.Floodwaters pass by.The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high.11 The sun and the moon stand still.They scatter at the light of your arrows,at the bright lightning of your spear.12 You march through the earth with fury.You trample the nations in anger.13 You go out to save your people,to save your anointed.tYou crush the leader of the wicked household,stripping him bare from head to toe.Selah14 You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows.His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me.They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor.15 You march with your horses into the sea,into the mighty raging waters.16 I have heard, so there’s trembling within me.At the report my lips quivered.A rotten feeling has entered me.I tremble where I stand.I wait for the day of troubleto come to the people who will attack us.17 Even if the fig tree does not bloomand the vines have no grapes,even if the olive tree fails to produceand the fields yield no food,even if the sheep pen is emptyand the stalls have no cattle—18 even then,I will be happy with the Lord.I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.19 The Lord Almighty is my strength.He makes my feet like those of a deer.He makes me walk on the mountains.For the choir director; on stringed instruments.

Habakkuk 3

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

2 O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

4 And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

5 Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

9 Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

12 Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

14 Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

15 Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

16 I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, And will make me to walk upon my high places.