Habakkuk 3
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Habakkuk prays
3 These are the words that the prophet Habakkuk prayed. He used special music to sing it.
2 Lord, I have heard the report about you.
I see the things that you have done, Lord,
and I respect your power.
Please do great things like that again.
Do them again now for us to see.
When you are angry with us,
please still remember to be kind!
3 God is coming from Teman!
The Holy God is coming from Paran mountain.[a]
Selah.
His beautiful power covers the whole sky!
People praise him all over the earth!
4 He is as bright as the sunrise.
His hands throw bright lightning!
That is where he hides his power.
5 As he marches to war,
bad disease marches with him.
6 God stands ready to fight,
and he causes the earth to shake.
He looks at the nations
and they shake with fear.
The very old mountains break into pieces.
The old hills fall down flat.
He travels on roads that have been there for ever.
7 I see the tents where Cushan's people live,
and the people are afraid.
The people in Midian are shaking with fear.
8 Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord?
Did the sea make you so angry?
You rode on your chariots as horses pulled them!
You rode into battle to win against your enemies.
9 You have prepared your bow.
You are ready to shoot your arrows.
Selah.
You send rivers of water to cut the earth into pieces.
10 The mountains see you and they shake.
Rain pours down from the sky and it causes floods.
The deep sea roars
and it lifts its waves up high.
11 You shoot your bright arrows
so that the sun and the moon stand still in the sky.
Your bright spear flies like lightning,
and the sun and the moon do not move!
12 You angrily march across the earth.
You knock down the armies of the nations,
because you are so angry.
13 You have marched out to rescue your people,
and to save your special servant.[b]
You have knocked down the leader of the wicked nation.
You have removed all his clothes,
from head to foot.
Selah.
14 You threw his own spear into his head,
and you destroyed his army.
When his soldiers rushed out to attack us,
they were laughing.
They thought that they would easily win against us,
as if we were poor, weak people.
15 But you, Lord, marched across the sea with your horses.
You made the waters of the sea shake.
16 I listened to this
and I was very afraid.
My lips shook with fear
when I heard the sound.
My bones became weak.
My legs would not let me walk.
But I will be patient.
I will wait for the day of trouble that will come.
Yes, punishment will come to the people who are attacking us.
17 Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord.
If there are no flowers on the fig trees,
if there are no grapes on the vines,
if there are no olives on the olive trees,
if there are no crops in the fields,
if the sheep are dying in the hills,
if there are no cows on the farms,
18 I will still sing to thank the Lord!
I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.[c]
19 The Lord God causes me to be strong.
He makes my feet run safely over the rocks and hills,
like a deer's feet.
This prayer is for the music leader. He must use stringed instruments.
Footnotes
- 3:3 In verses 3-15, Habakkuk says what he sees in a vision.
- 3:13 God's special servant is ‘Messiah’ in Hebrew. It may also mean Israel's king.
- 3:18 Habakkuk says this: Whatever happens he will still praise the Lord. He knows that God still has authority to rule! So he will still praise the Lord, even when bad things are happening.
Habakkuk 3
King James Version
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
哈巴谷书 3
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
哈巴谷的祈祷
3 哈巴谷先知的祷告，调用流离歌。
3 神从提幔而来，
圣者从巴兰山临到；（细拉）
他的荣光遮蔽诸天，
颂赞遍满全地。
4 他的辉煌如同日光，
从他手里发出光芒，
那里[c]隐藏他的能力。
5 在他前面有瘟疫流行，
在他脚下有热症发出。
6 他站立，震动[d]大地，
他观看，震动列国。
永久的山崩裂，
长存的岭塌陷，
他的作为与古时一样。
7 我见古珊的帐棚遭难，
米甸地的幔子动摇。
8 耶和华啊，你岂是向江河发怒，
向江河生气，
向海洋发烈怒吗？
你骑在马上，
坐在得胜的战车上，
9 你的弓全然显露[e]，
箭是发誓的言语[f]；（细拉）
你以江河分开大地。
10 山岭见你，无不战抖；
大水泛滥而过，
深渊发声，
汹涌翻腾[g]。
11 因你的箭射出光芒，
你的枪闪出光耀，
日月都停在原处。
12 你发怒遍行大地，
以怒气责打列国，如打谷一般。
13 你出来拯救你的百姓，
拯救你的受膏者；
你打破恶人之家的头，
暴露其根基，直到颈项[h]。（细拉）
14 你以其戈矛刺透他战士的头；
他们如旋风将我[i]刮散，
他们喜爱暗中吞吃困苦的人。
15 你骑马践踏海，
践踏汹涌的大水。
17 虽然无花果树不发旺，
葡萄树不结果，
橄榄树也不收成，
田地不出粮食，
圈中绝了羊，
棚内也没有牛；
18 然而，我要因耶和华欢欣，
因救我的 神喜乐。
19 主耶和华是我的力量，
他使我的脚快如母鹿，
又使我稳行在高处。
这歌交给圣咏团长，用丝弦的乐器。
Footnotes
- 3．2 “在这些年间”：七十士译本是“这些年临近的时候”。
- 3．2 “将它显明出来”：七十士译本是“你会显明出来”。
- 3．4 “那里”：原文另译“天上”。
- 3．6 “震动”或译“量”。
- 3．9 “你的弓全然显露”：原文另译“你打开弓套”。
- 3．9 “箭是发誓的言语”：原文另译“箭在弦上待命”；七十士译本的一个抄本是“你把你的箭袋装满了箭”。
- 3．10 “汹涌翻腾”：原文是“向上举手”。
- 3．13 “颈项”意思是“上端”。
- 3．14 “我”：原文另译“我们”。
- 3．16 “在所立之处战兢”：原文另译“我的脚步在所立之处战兢”。
- 3．16 “但我…民”或译“我只可安静等候灾难之日临到，侵犯我们的民上来”。
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