Habakkuk 3

Legacy Standard Bible

³ God comes from ^(F)Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount ^(G)Paran. Selah.
His ^(H)splendor covers the heavens,
And the ^(I)earth is full of His praise.
⁴ His ^(J)brightness is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His ^(K)strength.
⁵ Before Him goes ^(L)pestilence,
And ^(M)plague comes ^[d]after Him.
⁶ He stood and ^[e]measured out the earth;
He looked and ^(N)startled the nations.
So the perpetual mountains were shattered;
The ancient hills ^[f]collapsed.
His ways are ^(O)everlasting.
⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan under ^(P)wickedness;
The tent curtains of the land of ^(Q)Midian were trembling.

⁸ Did Yahweh’s fury burn against the ^(R)rivers,
Or was Your anger against the rivers,
Or was Your wrath against the ^(S)sea,
That You ^(T)rode on Your horses,
On Your ^(U)chariots of salvation?
⁹ Your ^(V)bow was made bare;
Rods were sworn unto battle by word. Selah.
You ^(W)split the earth with rivers.
¹⁰ The mountains saw You and writhed;
The downpour of waters passed by.
The deep ^(X)gave forth its voice;
It lifted high its hands.
^11 (Y)Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;
They went away at the ^(Z)light of Your arrows,
At the brightness of Your flashing spear.
¹² In indignation You ^(AA)marched through the earth;
In anger You ^[g](AB)trampled the nations.
¹³ You went forth for the ^(AC)salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your ^(AD)anointed.
You crushed the ^(AE)head of the house of the wicked
To lay him bare from ^[h]thigh to neck. Selah.
¹⁴ You pierced with his ^(AF)own sharpened rods
The head of his ^[i]throngs.
They ^(AG)stormed in to scatter ^[j]us;
Their exultation was like those
Who ^(AH)devour the afflicted in secret.
¹⁵ You ^(AI)tread on the sea with Your horses,
On the ^(AJ)surge of many waters.

¹⁶ I heard, and my ^[k]inward parts ^(AK)trembled;
At the sound my lips tingled.
Decay enters my ^(AL)bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must ^(AM)wait quietly for the day of distress,
^[l]For the ^(AN)people to arise who will invade us.
¹⁷ Though the ^(AO)fig tree should not blossom
And there be no produce on the vines,
Though the yield of the ^(AP)olive should fail
And the fields yield no food,
Though the ^(AQ)flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be ^(AR)no cattle in the stalls,
¹⁸ Yet I will ^(AS)exult in Yahweh;
I will ^(AT)rejoice in the ^(AU)God of my salvation.
¹⁹ Yahweh, the Lord, is my ^[m](AV)strength,
And ^(AW)He has set my feet like hinds’ feet
And makes me tread on my ^(AX)high places.