Habakkuk 3
1 A
prayer of
Habakkuk the
prophet upon
Shigionoth. 2 O
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.
3 God came from
Teman, and the Holy
One from
mount Paran. Selah. His
glory covered the
heavens, and the
earth was
full of his
praise. 4 And his
brightness was as the
light; he had
horns coming out of his
hand: and there was the
hiding of his
power. 5 Before him
went the
pestilence, and burning
coals went
forth at his
feet. 6 He
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. 7 I
saw the
tents of
Cushan in
affliction: and the
curtains of the
land of
Midian did
tremble.
8 Was 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? 9 Thy
bow was made
quite naked, according to the
oaths of the
tribes, even thy
word. Selah. Thou didst
cleave the
earth with
rivers. 10 The
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. 11 The
sun and
moon stood
still in their
habitation: at the
light of thine
arrows they
went, and at the
shining of thy
glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march
through the
land in
indignation, thou didst
thresh the
heathen in
anger. 13 Thou 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. 14 Thou 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. 15 Thou didst
walk through the
sea with thine
horses, through the
heap of
great waters. 16 When 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.
17 Although 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: 18 Yet I will
rejoice in the
LORD, I will
joy in the
God of my
salvation. 19 The
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.