Habakkuk 2:6-3:19

New International Version

⁶“Will not all of them taunt^(A) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(B)
    How long must this go on?’
⁷Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.^(C)
⁸Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(D)
For you have shed human blood;^(E)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(F)

⁹“Woe to him who builds^(G) his house by unjust gain,^(H)
    setting his nest^(I) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰You have plotted the ruin^(J) of many peoples,
    shaming^(K) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹The stones^(L) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

¹²“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(M)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(N)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(O)
¹⁴For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(P) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(Q)

¹⁵“Woe to him who gives drink^(R) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
¹⁶You will be filled with shame^(S) instead of glory.^(T)
    Now it is your turn! Drink^(U) and let your nakedness be exposed^[a]!^(V)
The cup^(W) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
¹⁷The violence^(X) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.^(Y)
For you have shed human blood;^(Z)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

¹⁸“Of what value^(AA) is an idol^(AB) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(AC) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(AD)
¹⁹Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(AE)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(AF)
    there is no breath in it.”^(AG)

²⁰The Lord is in his holy temple;^(AH)
let all the earth be silent^(AI) before him.

Habakkuk’s Prayer

3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.^[b]^(AJ)

²Lord, I have heard^(AK) of your fame;
    I stand in awe^(AL) of your deeds, Lord.^(AM)
Repeat^(AN) them in our day,
    in our time make them known;
    in wrath remember mercy.^(AO)

³God came from Teman,^(AP)
    the Holy One^(AQ) from Mount Paran.^[c]^(AR)
His glory covered the heavens^(AS)
    and his praise filled the earth.^(AT)
⁴His splendor was like the sunrise;^(AU)
    rays flashed from his hand,
    where his power^(AV) was hidden.
⁵Plague^(AW) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
⁶He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled^(AX)
    and the age-old hills^(AY) collapsed^(AZ)—
    but he marches on forever.^(BA)
⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian^(BB) in anguish.^(BC)

⁸Were you angry with the rivers,^(BD) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea^(BE)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?^(BF)
⁹You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.^(BG)
You split the earth with rivers;
¹⁰    the mountains saw you and writhed.^(BH)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared^(BI)
    and lifted its waves^(BJ) on high.

¹¹Sun and moon stood still^(BK) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,^(BL)
    at the lightning^(BM) of your flashing spear.
¹²In wrath you strode through the earth
    and in anger you threshed^(BN) the nations.
¹³You came out^(BO) to deliver^(BP) your people,
    to save your anointed^(BQ) one.
You crushed^(BR) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
¹⁴With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,^(BS)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched^(BT) who were in hiding.
¹⁵You trampled the sea^(BU) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.^(BV)

¹⁶I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.^(BW)
Yet I will wait patiently^(BX) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.
¹⁷Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,^(BY)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(BZ)
¹⁸yet I will rejoice in the Lord,^(CA)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.^(CB)

¹⁹The Sovereign Lord is my strength;^(CC)
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.^(CD)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Footnotes

Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger
Habakkuk 3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.

Revelation 8

New International Version

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When he opened the seventh seal,^(A) there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

²And I saw the seven angels^(B) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.^(C)

³Another angel,^(D) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,^(E) on the golden altar^(F) in front of the throne. ⁴The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God^(G) from the angel’s hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,^(H) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,^(I) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.^(J)

The Trumpets

⁶Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets^(K) prepared to sound them.

⁷The first angel^(L) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire^(M) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third^(N) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.^(O)

⁸The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,^(P) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third^(Q) of the sea turned into blood,^(R) ⁹a third^(S) of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky^(T) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water^(U)— ¹¹the name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third^(V) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.^(W)

¹²The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third^(X) of them turned dark.^(Y) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.^(Z)

¹³As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair^(AA) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe^(AB) to the inhabitants of the earth,^(AC) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

Footnotes

Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.

Psalm 144:5-11

New International Version

⁵Part your heavens,^(A) Lord, and come down;^(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(C)
⁶Send forth lightning^(D) and scatter^(E) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows^(F) and rout them.
⁷Reach down your hand from on high;^(G)
    deliver me and rescue me^(H)
from the mighty waters,^(I)
    from the hands of foreigners^(J)
⁸whose mouths are full of lies,^(K)
    whose right hands^(L) are deceitful.^(M)

⁹I will sing a new song^(N) to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre^(O) I will make music to you,
¹⁰to the One who gives victory to kings,^(P)
who delivers his servant David.^(Q)

From the deadly sword^(R) ¹¹deliver me;
rescue me^(S) from the hands of foreigners^(T)
whose mouths are full of lies,^(U)
whose right hands are deceitful.^(V)