Habakkuk 3:3-15

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³ God came from Teman,
    the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
    and the earth was full of his praise.^(A)
4 The brightness was like the sun;
    rays came forth from his hand,
    where his power lay hidden.^(B)
5 Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed close behind.^(C)
6 He stopped and shook the earth;
    he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
    along his ancient pathways
    the everlasting hills sank low.^(D)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction;
    the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
⁸ Was your wrath against the rivers,^[a] O Lord,
    or your anger against the rivers^[b]
    or your rage against the sea,^[c]
when you drove your horses,
    your chariots to victory?^(E)
9 You brandished your naked bow;
    sated^[d] were the arrows at your command.^[e] Selah
    You split the earth with rivers.^(F)
10 The mountains saw you and writhed;
    a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
    The sun raised high its hands;^(G)
11 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
    at the light of your arrows speeding by,
    at the gleam of your flashing spear.^(H)
12 In fury you marched on the earth;
    in anger you trampled nations.^(I)
13 You came forth to save your people,
    to save your anointed.
You crushed the head of the wicked house,
    laying it bare from foundation to roof.^[f] Selah^(J)
14 You pierced with their^[g] own arrows the head of his warriors,^[h]
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter us,^[i]
    gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding.
¹⁵ You trampled the sea with your horses,
    churning the mighty waters.^(K)