Habakkuk 3:8-13

Good News Translation

⁸ Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord?
    Was it the sea that made you furious?
You rode upon the clouds;
    the storm cloud was your chariot,
    as you brought victory to your people.
⁹ You got ready to use your bow,
    ready to shoot your arrows.^[a]
Your lightning split open the earth.
¹⁰ When the mountains saw you, they trembled;
    water poured down from the skies.
The waters under the earth roared,
    and their waves rose high.
¹¹ At the flash of your speeding arrows
    and the gleam of your shining spear,
    the sun and the moon stood still.
¹² You marched across the earth in anger;
    in fury you trampled the nations.
¹³ You went out to save your people,
    to save your chosen king.
You struck down the leader of the wicked
    and completely destroyed his followers.^[b]