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13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
    for the salvation of thy anointed.
Thou didst crush the head of the wicked,[a]
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.[b]
                Selah
14 Thou didst pierce with thy[c] shafts the head of his warriors,[d]
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 Thou didst trample the sea with thy horses,
    the surging of mighty waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 Cn: Heb head from the house of the wicked
  2. Habakkuk 3:13 Heb obscure
  3. Habakkuk 3:14 Heb his
  4. Habakkuk 3:14 Vg Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain

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