Habakkuk 3
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:
ORATIO HABACUC PROPHETÆ PRO IGNORANTIIS.
2 O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.
Domine audivi auditionem tuam, et timui. Domine opus tuum in medio annorum vivifica illud: In medio annorum notum facies: cum iratus fueris, misericordiæ recordaberis.
3 God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. (Pause) Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.
Deus ab Austro veniet, et sanctus de monte Pharan: Operuit cælos gloria eius: et laudis eius plena est terra.
4 And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there — the hiding of His strength.
Splendor eius ut lux erit: cornua in manibus eius: Ibi abscondita est fortitudo eius:
5 Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.
ante faciem eius ibit mors. Et egredietur diabolus ante pedes eius.
6 He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old [are] His.
Stetit, et mensus est terram. Aspexit, et dissolvit Gentes: et contriti sunt montes sæculi. Incurvati sunt colles mundi, ab itineribus æterntatis eius.
7 Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.
Pro iniquitate vidi tentoria Æthiopiæ, turbabuntur pelles terræ Madian.
8 Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers [is] Thine anger? Against the sea [is] Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses — Thy chariots of salvation?
Numquid in fluminibus iratus es Domine? aut in fluminibus furor tuus? vel in mari indignatio tua? Qui ascendes super equos tuos: et quadrigæ tuæ salvatio.
9 Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes — saying, (Pause) [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.
Suscitans suscitabis arcum tuum: iuramenta tribubus quæ locutus es: Fluvios scindes terræ:
10 Seen thee — pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.
viderunt te, et doluerunt montes: gurges aquarum transiit. Dedit abyssus vocem suam: altitudo manus suas levavit.
11 Sun — moon — hath stood — a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
Sol, et luna steterunt in habitaculo suo, in luce sagittarum tuarum, ibunt in splendore fulgurantis hastæ tuæ.
12 In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.
In fremitu conculcabis terram: in furore obstupefacies Gentes.
13 Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. (Pause)
Egressus es in salutem populi tui: in salutem cum Christo tuo: Percussisti caput de domo impii: denudasti fundamentum eius usque ad collum.
14 Thou hast pierced with his staves the head of his leaders, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation [is] as to consume the poor in secret.
Maledixisti sceptris eius, capiti bellatorum eius, venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me. Exultatio eorum sicut eius, qui devorat pauperem in abscondito.
15 Thou hast proceeded through the sea with Thy horses — the clay of many waters.
Viam fecisti in mari equis tuis, in luto aquarum multarum.
16 I have heard, and my belly trembleth, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness doth come into my bones, And in my place I do tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcometh it.
Audivi, et conturbatus est venter meus: a voce contremuerunt labia mea. Ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis, et subter me scateat. Ut requiescam in die tribulationis: ut ascendam ad populum accinctum nostrum.
17 Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.
Ficus enim non florebit: et non erit germen in vineis. Mentietur opus olivæ: et arva non afferent cibum. Abscindetur de ovili pecus: et non erit armentum in præsepibus.
18 Yet I, in Jehovah I exult, I do joy in the God of my salvation.
Ego autem in Domino gaudebo: et exultabo in Deo Iesu meo.
19 Jehovah the Lord [is] my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!
Deus Dominus fortitudo mea: et ponet pedes meos quasi cervorum. Et super excelsa mea deducet me victor in psalmis canentem.
