64 (A)Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    (B)that the mountains might quake at your presence—

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For behold, (A)the Lord is coming out of (B)his place,
    and will come down and (C)tread upon the high places of the earth.
And (D)the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
    like waters poured down a steep place.

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10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he (A)saw (B)the heavens being torn open (C)and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

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Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence (A)earth and sky fled away, and (B)no place was found for them.

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(A)the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God,[a] the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:8 Or before God, even Sinai before God

(A)The mountains quake before him;
    (B)the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
    (C)the world and all who dwell in it.

(D)Who can stand before his indignation?
    Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath (E)is poured out like fire,
    and (F)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.

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13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    (A)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
    and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
(B)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.

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The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and (A)it melts,
    and all who dwell in it mourn,
(B)and all of it rises like the Nile,
    (C)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;

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Prayer for Mercy

15 (A)Look down from heaven and see,
    (B)from your holy and beautiful[a] habitation.
Where are (C)your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:15 Or holy and glorious

(A)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    (B)Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
(C)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    (D)send out your arrows and rout them!

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Then the earth (A)reeled and rocked;
    the foundations also of the mountains trembled
    and quaked, because he was angry.
Smoke went up from his nostrils,[a]
    and devouring (B)fire from his mouth;
    glowing coals flamed forth from him.
He (C)bowed the heavens and (D)came down;
    (E)thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
    he came swiftly on (F)the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his (G)canopy around him,
    thick clouds (H)dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
    (I)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

13 The Lord also (J)thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his (K)voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his (L)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and (M)routed them.
15 Then (N)the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your (O)rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of (P)the breath of your nostrils.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:8 Or in his wrath

Lord, (A)when you went out from Seir,
    when you marched from the region of Edom,
(B)the earth trembled
    and the heavens dropped,
    yes, the clouds dropped water.
The mountains (C)quaked before the Lord,
    (D)even Sinai before the Lord,[a] the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:5 Or before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord

18 Now (A)Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and (B)the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19 And as the (C)sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and (D)God answered him in thunder.

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11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day (A)the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

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and (A)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and (B)to bring them up out of that land to a (C)good and broad land, a land (D)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (E)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then (B)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and (C)the heavenly bodies[a] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[b]

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (D)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (E)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (F)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

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

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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

(A)The mountains skipped like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

What (B)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
    O Jordan, that you turn back?
O mountains, that you skip like rams?
    O hills, like lambs?

(C)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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