(A)His brightness was like the light;
    rays flashed from his hand;
    and there he veiled his power.
(B)Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed (C)at his heels.[a]
He stood (D)and measured the earth;
    he looked and shook the nations;
then the (E)eternal mountains (F)were scattered;
    the everlasting hills sank low.
    His were (G)the everlasting ways.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet

His splendor was like the sunrise;(A)
    rays flashed from his hand,
    where his power(B) was hidden.
Plague(C) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(D)
    and the age-old hills(E) collapsed(F)
    but he marches on forever.(G)

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