Habakkuk 3
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Habakkuk 3
1A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.
The Prophet’s Prayer
2 #
Job 42.5, 6; Ps 85.6; 119.120; Isa 54.8; Jer 10.7 O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
in our own time make it known;
in wrath may you remember mercy.
3 #
Deut 33.2; Ps 48.10; 113.4; Am 1.12 God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
4 #
Job 26.14; Ps 18.12 The brightness was like the sun;
rays came forth from his hand,
where his power lay hidden.
5 #
Ex 12.29, 30; Num 16.46–49 Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed close behind.
6 #
Ps 35.5; Mic 5.8 He stopped and shook the earth;
he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
along his ancient pathways
the everlasting hills sank low.
7I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8 #
Ex 7.19, 20; Deut 33.26; Ps 68.17 Was your wrath against the rivers,#3.8 Or against River O Lord,
or your anger against the rivers#3.8 Or against River
or your rage against the sea,#3.8 Or against Sea
when you drove your horses,
your chariots to victory?
9 #
Gen 26.3; Deut 7.8; Ps 78.16 You brandished your naked bow;
sated#3.9 Heb mss: MT oaths were the arrows at your command.#3.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
10 #
Ex 14.22; Ps 114.3–8 The mountains saw you and writhed;
a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
The sun raised high its hands;
11 #
Josh 10.12–14; Ps 18.12–14 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
at the light of your arrows speeding by,
at the gleam of your flashing spear.
12 #
Ps 68.7; Isa 41.15; Jer 51.33 In fury you marched on the earth;
in anger you trampled nations.
13 #
Ex 15.2; Ps 68.19, 20; 110.6; Ezek 13.14 You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed.
You crushed the head of the wicked house,
laying it bare from foundation to roof.#3.13 Heb neck Selah
14You pierced with their#3.14 Heb his own arrows the head of his warriors,#3.14 Gk Vg Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
who came like a whirlwind to scatter us,#3.14 Heb me
gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding.
15 #
Ex 15.8; Ps 77.19 You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning the mighty waters.
16 #
Jer 5.15; 23.9 I hear, and I tremble within;
my lips quiver at the sound.
Rottenness enters into my bones,
and my steps tremble#3.16 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain beneath me.
I wait quietly for the day of calamity
to come upon the people who attack us.
Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 #
Jer 5.17; Joel 1.18 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,
18 #
Ps 46.1–5; Isa 12.2; 61.10 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.
19 #
Deut 33.29; 2 Sam 22.34; Ps 18.33 God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and makes me tread upon the heights.#3.19 Heb my heights
To the leader: with stringed#3.19 Heb my stringed instruments.
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