Habakkuk 3:2-15

Revised Standard Version

² O Lord, I have heard the report of thee,
    and thy work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years renew it;
    in the midst of the years make it known;
    in wrath remember mercy.
³ God came from Teman,
    and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His glory covered the heavens,
    and the earth was full of his praise.
                Selah
⁴ His brightness was like the light,
    rays flashed from his hand;
    and there he veiled his power.
⁵ Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed close behind.
⁶ He stood and measured the earth;
    he looked and shook the nations;
then the eternal mountains were scattered,
    the everlasting hills sank low.
    His ways were as of old.
⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
    the curtains of the land of Mid′ian did tremble.
⁸ Was thy wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
    Was thy anger against the rivers,
    or thy indignation against the sea,
when thou didst ride upon thy horses,
    upon thy chariot of victory?
⁹ Thou didst strip the sheath from thy bow,
    and put the arrows to the string.^[a]
                Selah
    Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
¹⁰ The mountains saw thee, and writhed;
    the raging waters swept on;
the deep gave forth its voice,
    it lifted its hands on high.
¹¹ The sun and moon stood still in their habitation^[b]
    at the light of thine arrows as they sped,
    at the flash of thy glittering spear.
¹² Thou didst bestride the earth in fury,
    thou didst trample the nations in anger.
¹³ Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
    for the salvation of thy anointed.
Thou didst crush the head of the wicked,^[c]
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.^[d]
                Selah
¹⁴ Thou didst pierce with thy^[e] shafts the head of his warriors,^[f]
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
¹⁵ Thou didst trample the sea with thy horses,
    the surging of mighty waters.