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A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

Yahweh, I have heard of your fame.
    I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh.
Renew your work in the middle of the years.
    In the middle of the years make it known.
    In wrath, you remember mercy.
God came from Teman,
    the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.

His glory covered the heavens,
    and his praise filled the earth.
His splendor is like the sunrise.
    Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
Plague went before him,
    and pestilence followed his feet.
He stood, and shook the earth.
    He looked, and made the nations tremble.
    The ancient mountains were crumbled.
    The age-old hills collapsed.
    His ways are eternal.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction.
    The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers?
    Was your anger against the rivers,
    or your wrath against the sea,
    that you rode on your horses,
    on your chariots of salvation?
You uncovered your bow.
    You called for your sworn arrows. Selah.
You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw you, and were afraid.
    The storm of waters passed by.
    The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky,
    at the light of your arrows as they went,
    at the shining of your glittering spear.
12 You marched through the land in wrath.
    You threshed the nations in anger.
13 You went out for the salvation of your people,
    for the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the land of wickedness.
    You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

14 You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears.
    They came as a whirlwind to scatter me,
    gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
    churning mighty waters.
16 I heard, and my body trembled.
    My lips quivered at the voice.
Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place,
    because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble,
    for the coming up of the people who invade us.
17 For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish,
    nor fruit be in the vines;
    the labor of the olive fails,
    the fields yield no food;
    the flocks are cut off from the fold,
    and there is no herd in the stalls:
18 yet I will rejoice in Yahweh.
    I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
19 Yahweh, the Lord,[a] is my strength.
    He makes my feet like deer’s feet,
    and enables me to go in high places.

For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:19 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Habakkuk's Prayer

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

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.
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.
(G)His brightness was like the light;
    rays flashed from his hand;
    and there he veiled his power.
(H)Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed (I)at his heels.[a]
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.
I saw the tents of (N)Cushan in affliction;
    (O)the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
(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?
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.

(AO)To the choirmaster: with (AP)stringed[d] instruments.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet
  2. Habakkuk 3:9 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
  3. Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
  4. Habakkuk 3:19 Hebrew my stringed