13 (A)You went out for the salvation of your people,
    for the salvation of (B)your anointed.
(C)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.[a] Selah
14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 (D)You trampled the sea with your horses,
    the surging of mighty waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(E)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(F) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(G) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(H)

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