Habakkuk 3

1 A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

2 O LORD, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your 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.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. (Selah) His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

4 And [his] brightness was as the light; he had rays [coming forth] from his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

5 Before him went the pestilence, and fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.

6 He stood, and measured the earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the nations: and the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills did bow; his goings were [as] of old.

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers, or thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses, upon thy chariots of salvation?

Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

9 Thy bow was made quite bare; the oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. (Selah) Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. (Selah) You split the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; the tempest of waters passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, for the salvation of thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. (Selah)

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe.

14 Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: they came as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

15 Thou didst tread the sea with thine horses, the heap of mighty waters.

You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

16 I heard, and my belly trembled, my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place: that I should rest in the day of trouble, when it cometh up against the people which invadeth him in troops.

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

17 For though 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:

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength, and he maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and will make me to walk upon mine high places. For the Chief Musician, on my stringed instruments.

GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!