Habakkuk 3

1 prayer to/for Habakkuk [the] prophet upon Shigionoth

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

2 LORD to hear: hear report your to fear: revere LORD work your in/on/with entrails: among year to live him in/on/with entrails: among year to know in/on/with turmoil to have compassion to remember

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

3 god from Teman to come (in): come and holy from mountain: mount (Mount) Paran (Selah) to cover heaven splendor his and praise his to fill [the] land: country/planet

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/as light to be horn from hand: power his to/for him and there hiding (strength his *Q(K)*)

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

5 to/for face: before his to go: went pestilence and to come out: come flash to/for foot his

Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.

6 to stand: stand and to shake land: country/planet to see: see and to start nation and to scatter mountain perpetuity to bow hill forever: enduring walk forever: enduring to/for 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 underneath: under evil: trouble to see: see tent Cushan to tremble [emph?] curtain land: country/planet Midian

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

8 in/on/with river to be incensed LORD if: surely yes in/on/with river face: anger your if in/on/with sea fury your for to ride upon horse your chariot 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 nakedness be exposed bow your oath tribe: arrow word (Selah) river to break up/open land: country/planet

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

10 to see: see you to twist: dance mountain: mount storm water to pass to give: give abyss voice his hight hand his to lift: raise

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 to stand: stand elevation [to] to/for light arrow your to go: walk to/for brightness lightning 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/on/with indignation to march land: country/planet in/on/with face: anger to tread nation

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

13 to come out: come to/for salvation people your to/for salvation [obj] anointed your to wound head: leader from house: household wicked to uncover foundation till neck (Selah)

You went forth 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 to pierce in/on/with tribe: arrow his head (warrior his *Q(K)*) to rage to/for to scatter me exultation their like to/for to eat afflicted in/on/with hiding

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 to tread in/on/with sea horse your heap water many

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

16 to hear: hear and to tremble belly: body my to/for voice: sound to tingle lips my to come (in): come rottenness in/on/with bone my and underneath: under me to tremble which to rest to/for day distress to/for to ascend: rise to/for people to raid him

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 fig not to sprout and nothing crops in/on/with vine to deceive deed: work olive and field not to make: do food to cut from fold flock and nothing cattle in/on/with stall

For 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/on/with LORD to exult to rejoice in/on/with God salvation my

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

19 (YHWH/God *L(abh)*) Lord strength my and to set: make foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to tread me to/for to conduct in/on/with music my

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.