1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.2O 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.3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.6He 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.7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.8Was 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?9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.10The 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.11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.13Thou 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.14Thou 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.15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.16When 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.17Although 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:18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.19The 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.
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Habakkuk’s Prayer
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.2O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. (Ps 44:1; Ps 77:9; Ps 85:6; Ps 90:16; Hab 3:16)3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. (De 33:2; 1Ch 1:45)4His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power. (Eze 1:27)5Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels.[1] (Ex 12:29; 2Ki 19:35; 1Ch 21:11; Job 18:11)6He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways. (Ge 49:26; De 33:15; Ps 60:6; Isa 51:9; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5)7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. (Jud 3:8; Jud 8:19)8Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord? Was your anger against the rivers, or your indignation against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation? (De 33:26; Ps 18:10; Ps 68:4; Ps 68:17; Ps 104:3; Ps 114:5; Isa 19:1; Isa 66:15)9You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows.[2] You split the earth with rivers. (Ps 78:15)10The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high. (Ex 14:22; Ex 15:8; Ex 19:18; Jud 5:5; Ps 93:3)11The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear. (Jos 10:12; 2Sa 22:15; Hab 3:5)12You marched through the earth in fury; you threshed the nations in anger. (Jos 10:42; Mic 4:12)13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck.[3] (1Ch 16:22; Ps 68:21; Ps 105:15; Ps 110:6; Hab 3:12)14You 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.15You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters. (Ps 77:19)16I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us. (Ps 94:13; Pr 12:4; Isa 14:3; Jer 4:19; Hab 3:2)
Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord
17Though 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,18yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. (Job 13:15; Ps 9:14; Ps 13:5; Ps 21:1; Ps 35:9; Joe 2:23; Lu 1:47)19God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed[4] instruments. (De 32:13; De 33:29; 2Sa 2:18; Isa 38:20; Am 4:13; Mic 1:3)