The Rock—His work is perfect; all His ways are entirely just. A faithful God, without prejudice, He is righteous and true.

Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled— you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

You ignored the Rock who gave you birth; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.

He will say: “Where are their gods, the ‘rock’ they found refuge in?

Build a well-constructed altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”

There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one besides You! And there is no rock like our God.

For who is God besides the Lord? And who is a rock? Only our God.

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised! God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, “The one who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my mountain where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

For who is God besides Yahweh? And who is a rock? Only our God.

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised! The God of my salvation is exalted.

I will say to God, my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I go about in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock. My refuge is in God.

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.’

But the Lord is my refuge; my God is the rock of my protection.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have failed to remember the rock of your strength; therefore you will plant beautiful plants and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

Do not be startled or afraid. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I do not know any.

I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Habakkuk’s Second Prayer

Are You not from eternity, Yahweh my God? My Holy One, You will not die. Lord, You appointed them to execute judgment; my Rock, You destined them to punish us.