Habakkuk 3

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on shiggionoth.

A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

2 O Yahweh I have heard report your I fear O Yahweh work your in [the] midst of years restore it in [the] midst of years you will make [it] known in wrath to have compassion you will remember.

LORD, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

3 God from Teman he comes and [the] holy [one] from [the] mountain of Paran (Selah) it has covered [the] heavens splendor his and praise his it has filled the earth.

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

4 And brightness like the light it is two horns from hand his [belong] to him and [is] there [the] hiding place of (strength his. *Q(K)*)

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

5 Before him it goes pestilence so it may go out lightning to feet his.

Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.

6 He stood - and he shook [the] earth he has seen and he has made jump nations and they have been shattered mountains of antiquity they have bowed down hills of antiquity ways of antiquity [belong] to him.

He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

7 Under trouble I have seen [the] tents of Cushan they tremble! [the] tent curtains of [the] land of Midian.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

8 ¿ On rivers has it burned O Yahweh or? on the rivers [is] anger your or? on the sea [is] fury your that you will ride on horses your chariots your salvation.

Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?

9 Bareness it is made bare bow your oaths of arrows a word (Selah) rivers you split open [the] earth.

You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. (Selah) You split the earth with rivers.

10 They have seen you they writhe mountains a downpour of water it has passed over it has given forth [the] deep voice its height hands its it has lifted.

The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

11 Sun moon it has stood still a lofty abode to light arrows your they go to brightness [the] lightning flash of spear your.

The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.

12 In indignation you march [the] earth in anger you trample down nations.

You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.

13 You have gone out for [the] salvation of people your for [the] salvation anointed your you have shattered [the] chief from [the] house of [the] wicked you have laid bare foundation[s] to neck (Selah)

You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. (Selah)

14 You pierced with own arrows his [the] head of (warriors his *Q(K)*) they storm to scatter me exultation their [was] like to devour [the] afflicted in the secret place.

You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.

15 You trod on the sea horses your a heap of waters many.

You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.

16 I heard - and it trembled belly my to [the] sound they quivered lips my it came rottenness in bones my and under me I trembled that I will be quiet for [the] day of trouble to come up to [the] people [which] attacks us it.

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

17 For [the] fig tree not it buds and there not [is] produce on the vines it fails [the] product of [the] olive tree and fields not it produces food someone cuts off from [the] fold [the] flock and not cattle [is] in the stalls.

For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,

18 And I in Yahweh I will exult I will rejoice in [the] God of salvation my.

yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

19 (Yahweh *L(abh)*) [the] Lord [is] strength my and he makes feet my like does and on high places my he makes tread me to the choirmaster with stringed instruments my.

GOD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.