13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine [a]Anointed: thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked, and discoveredst the foundations unto the [b]neck, Selah.

14 Thou didst [c]strike through with his own staves the heads of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

15 Thou didst walk in the sea with thine horses upon the heap of great waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 Signifying, that there is no salvation, but by Christ.
  2. Habakkuk 3:13 From the top to the toe thou hast destroyed the enemies.
  3. Habakkuk 3:14 God destroyed his enemies both great and small with their own weapons, though they were never so fierce against his Church.

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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