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Habacuc 3
La Bible du Semeur
Habacuc 3
La Bible du Semeur
Psaume
Dieu interviendra
3 Prière d’Habaquq le prophète, sur le mode des complaintes[a].
2 O Eternel, j’ai entendu ╵ce que tu viens de proclamer,
et je suis effrayé ╵devant ton œuvre, ô Eternel.
Dans le cours des années, ╵accomplis-la[b] !
Dans le cours des années, ╵fais-la connaître !
Dans ta colère cependant, ╵pense à être clément !
3 Dieu viendra de Témân,
le Saint viendra du mont Parân.
Pause
Sa majesté ╵couvre le ciel,
et sa louange ╵remplit la terre.
4 Il a l’éclat de la lumière,
et, de sa main, ╵jaillissent deux rayons ;
c’est là qu’est le réservoir de sa force.
5 La peste meurtrière ╵chemine devant lui,
et la fièvre brûlante ╵marche à sa suite.
6 S’il vient à s’arrêter, ╵il fait vibrer[c] la terre.
Quand il regarde, ╵il ébranle les peuples,
les montagnes antiques ╵sont disloquées,
et les collines ╵des anciens temps s’effondrent.
Il parcourt à nouveau ╵les antiques sentiers.
7 J’ai vu les tentes de Koushân[d] ╵réduites à néant ;
les abris de Madian ╵tremblaient, épouvantés.
L’Eternel sort pour délivrer son peuple
8 Est-ce contre les fleuves ╵que l’Eternel s’irrite,
est-ce contre les fleuves ╵que ton courroux s’enflamme ?
Est-ce contre la mer ╵que ta fureur s’exerce,
pour que tu viennes ainsi ╵monté sur tes chevaux,
sur tes chars victorieux ?
9 Ton arc est mis à nu,
tes traits sont les serments ╵que tu as prononcés[e].
Pause
Tu crevasses la terre, ╵livrant passage aux fleuves.
10 Les montagnes t’ont vu, ╵et elles tremblent.
Des trombes d’eau s’abattent,
l’abîme se met à mugir,
lançant bien haut ses vagues.
11 Le soleil et la lune ╵restent dans leur demeure
devant l’éclat ╵de tes flèches qui partent
et la clarté ╵des éclairs de ta lance.
12 Avec colère, tu parcours la terre,
tu foules les peuples aux pieds ╵dans ton indignation.
13 Oui, tu t’es mis en route ╵pour délivrer ton peuple,
et pour sauver ton roi ╵qui a reçu l’onction.
Tu as décapité ╵la maison du méchant,
et tu l’as démolie ╵de fond en comble.
Pause
14 Tu transperces la tête ╵de l’ennemi ╵avec ses propres flèches,
alors qu’il arrivait ╵comme un vent d’ouragan ╵dans le but de nous disperser.
Déjà nos ennemis ╵se réjouissaient,
comptant bien dévorer ╵l’opprimé en secret[f].
15 Tu as lancé ╵tes chevaux dans la mer,
dans le bouillonnement ╵des eaux puissantes.
L’Eternel est ma force
16 J’ai entendu cette nouvelle :
j’en suis tout bouleversé.
Mes lèvres balbutient
et mes os se dissolvent,
je reste là, tremblant.
Puisqu’il me faut attendre sans bouger, ╵le jour où la détresse
fondra sur l’ennemi ╵qui doit nous assaillir.
17 Car le figuier ╵ne bourgeonnera plus,
et il n’y aura plus ╵de raisins dans les vignes,
le fruit de l’olivier ╵trompera les espoirs,
les champs ne produiront ╵plus de pain à manger.
Les moutons et les chèvres ╵disparaîtront de leurs enclos,
et les bovins de leurs étables.
18 Mais moi, c’est à cause de l’Eternel ╵que je veux me réjouir,
j’exulterai de joie ╵à cause du Dieu qui me sauve.
19 L’Eternel, le Seigneur, ╵c’est lui ma force :
il rend mes pieds pareils ╵à ceux des biches,
il me fait cheminer ╵sur les lieux élevés.
Pour le chef des musiciens. A chanter avec accompagnement d’instruments à cordes.
Habakkuk 3
New International Version
Habakkuk 3
New International Version
Habakkuk’s Prayer
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.[a](A)
2 Lord, I have heard(B) of your fame;
I stand in awe(C) of your deeds, Lord.(D)
Repeat(E) them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.(F)
3 God came from Teman,(G)
the Holy One(H) from Mount Paran.[b](I)
His glory covered the heavens(J)
and his praise filled the earth.(K)
4 His splendor was like the sunrise;(L)
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power(M) was hidden.
5 Plague(N) went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
6 He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(O)
and the age-old hills(P) collapsed(Q)—
but he marches on forever.(R)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian(S) in anguish.(T)
8 Were you angry with the rivers,(U) Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(V)
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?(W)
9 You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.(X)
You split the earth with rivers;
10 the mountains saw you and writhed.(Y)
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared(Z)
and lifted its waves(AA) on high.
11 Sun and moon stood still(AB) in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,(AC)
at the lightning(AD) of your flashing spear.
12 In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed(AE) the nations.
13 You came out(AF) to deliver(AG) your people,
to save your anointed(AH) one.
You crushed(AI) 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,(AJ)
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched(AK) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(AL) with your horses,
churning the great waters.(AM)
16 I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.(AN)
Yet I will wait patiently(AO) for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
17 Though 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,(AP)
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,(AQ)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(AR)
I will be joyful in God my Savior.(AS)
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(AT)
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.(AU)
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
Footnotes
- 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.
Habakkuk 3
English Standard Version
Habakkuk 3
English Standard Version
Habakkuk's Prayer
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
2 O Lord, (A)I have heard the report of you,
and (B)your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years (C)revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
(D)in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from (E)Teman,
(F)and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
4 (G)His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
5 (H)Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed (I)at his heels.[a]
6 He stood (J)and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the (K)eternal mountains (L)were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were (M)the everlasting ways.
7 I saw the tents of (N)Cushan in affliction;
(O)the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 (P)Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
(Q)or your indignation against the sea,
(R)when you rode on your horses,
(S)on your chariot of salvation?
9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows.[b] Selah
(T)You split the earth with rivers.
10 (U)The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
(V)the deep gave forth its voice;
(W)it lifted its hands on high.
11 (X)The sun and moon stood still in their place
(Y)at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
12 (Z)You marched through the earth in fury;
(AA)you threshed the nations in anger.
13 (AB)You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of (AC)your anointed.
(AD)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck.[c] Selah
14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 (AE)You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 (AF)I hear, and (AG)my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
(AH)rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet (AI)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord
17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 (AJ)yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
(AK)I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
(AL)he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me (AM)tread on my (AN)high places.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet
- Habakkuk 3:9 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
- Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
- Habakkuk 3:19 Hebrew my stringed
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