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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Habakkuk&#8217;s Complaint</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, must I call for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">but you do not listen?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">Or cry out to you, &#8220;Violence!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">but you do not save?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why do you make me look at injustice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">Destruction and violence are before me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">there is strife, and conflict abounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore the law is paralyzed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">and justice never prevails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">The wicked hem in the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">so that justice is perverted.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at the nations and watch&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">and be utterly amazed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">For I am going to do something in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">that you would not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">even if you were told.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am raising up the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">that ruthless and impetuous people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">who sweep across the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">to seize dwellings not their own.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are a feared and dreaded people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="content">they are a law to themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="content">and promote their own honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their horses are swifter than leopards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">fiercer than wolves at dusk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">Their cavalry gallops headlong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">their horsemen come from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">they all come intent on violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="content">Their hordes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> advance like a desert wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="content">and gather prisoners like sand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They mock kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">and scoff at rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">They laugh at all fortified cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">by building earthen ramps they capture them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they sweep past like the wind and go on&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"><span class="content">guilty people, whose own strength is their god.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Complaint</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are you not from everlasting?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">My God, my Holy One, you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">we</span></span></span><span class="content"> will never die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have appointed them to execute judgment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">Why are you silent while the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">swallow up those more righteous than themselves?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You have made people like the fish in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"><span class="content">like the sea creatures that have no ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">he catches them in his net,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">he gathers them up in his dragnet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">and so he rejoices and is glad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore he sacrifices to his net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">and burns incense to his dragnet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">for by his net he lives in luxury</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">and enjoys the choicest food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Is he to keep on emptying his net,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.1.17"><span class="content">destroying nations without mercy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will stand at my watch</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and station myself on the ramparts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">I will look to see what he will say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and what answer I am to give to this complaint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and what to answer when I am rebuked</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Write down the revelation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">and make it plain on tablets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">so that a herald</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so that whoever reads it</span></span></span><span class="content"> may run with it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the revelation awaits an appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it speaks of the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not prove false.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">Though it linger, wait for it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Though he linger, wait for him; / he</span></span></span><span class="content"> will certainly come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not delay.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, the enemy is puffed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">his desires are not upright&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">faith</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">indeed, wine betrays him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he is arrogant and never at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">Because he is as greedy as the grave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and like death is never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he gathers to himself all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and takes captive all the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe to him who piles up stolen goods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">and makes himself wealthy by extortion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">How long must this go on?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will not your creditors suddenly arise?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Will they not wake up and make you tremble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Then you will become their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because you have plundered many nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">the peoples who are left will plunder you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">setting his nest on high</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">to escape the clutches of ruin!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The stones of the wall will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">and establishes a town by injustice!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty determined</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the people&#8217;s labor is only fuel for the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">as the waters cover the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will be filled with shame instead of glory.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">and stagger</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">The cup from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand is coming around to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">and disgrace will cover your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">and your destruction of animals will terrify you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">Or an image that teaches lies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">he makes idols that cannot speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Woe to him who says to wood, &#8216;Come to life!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Or to lifeless stone, &#8216;Wake up!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Can it give guidance?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">It is covered with gold and silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">there is no breath in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="content">let all the earth be silent before him.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Habakkuk&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">shigionoth</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have heard of your fame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="content">I stand in awe of your deeds, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="content">Repeat them in our day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="content">in our time make them known;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="content">in wrath remember mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God came from Teman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.3.3"><span class="content">the Holy One from Mount Paran.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.3.3"><span class="content">His glory covered the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.3.3"><span class="content">and his praise filled the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His splendor was like the sunrise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.3.4"><span class="content">rays flashed from his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.3.4"><span class="content">where his power was hidden.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Plague went before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.3.5"><span class="content">pestilence followed his steps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He stood, and shook the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="content">he looked, and made the nations tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="content">The ancient mountains crumbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="content">and the age-old hills collapsed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="content">but he marches on forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.3.7"><span class="content">the dwellings of Midian in anguish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Were you angry with the rivers, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="content">Was your wrath against the streams?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="content">Did you rage against the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="content">when you rode your horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="content">and your chariots to victory?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You uncovered your bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.3.9"><span class="content">you called for many arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.3.9"><span class="content">You split the earth with rivers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the mountains saw you and writhed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.3.10"><span class="content">Torrents of water swept by;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.3.10"><span class="content">the deep roared</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.3.10"><span class="content">and lifted its waves on high.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Sun and moon stood still in the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.3.11"><span class="content">at the glint of your flying arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.3.11"><span class="content">at the lightning of your flashing spear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In wrath you strode through the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.3.12"><span class="content">and in anger you threshed the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You came out to deliver your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.3.13"><span class="content">to save your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.3.13"><span class="content">You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.3.13"><span class="content">you stripped him from head to foot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With his own spear you pierced his head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.3.14"><span class="content">when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.3.14"><span class="content">gloating as though about to devour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.3.14"><span class="content">the wretched who were in hiding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You trampled the sea with your horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.3.15"><span class="content">churning the great waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I heard and my heart pounded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">my lips quivered at the sound;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">decay crept into my bones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">and my legs trembled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">to come on the nation invading us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Though the fig tree does not bud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">and there are no grapes on the vines,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">though the olive crop fails</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">and the fields produce no food,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">though there are no sheep in the pen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">and no cattle in the stalls,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">yet I will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.3.18"><span class="content">I will be joyful in God my Savior.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.3.19"><span class="content">he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.3.19"><span class="content">he enables me to tread on the heights.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.3.19"><span class="content">For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.</span></span></div>
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