Habacuc Propheta 3
1 ORATIO HABACUC PROPHETAe PRO IGNORANTIIS.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 Domine audivi auditionem tuam, et timui. Domine opus tuum in medio annorum vivifica illud: In medio annorum notum facies: cum iratus fueris, misericordiae recordaberis.
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 Deus ab Austro veniet, et sanctus de monte Pharan: Operuit caelos gloria eius: et laudis eius plena est terra.
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 Splendor eius ut lux erit: cornua in manibus eius: Ibi abscondita est fortitudo eius:
And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
5 ante faciem eius ibit mors. Egredietur diabolus ante pedes eius.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 Stetit, et mensus est terram. Aspexit, et dissolvit Gentes: et contriti sunt montes saeculi. Incurvati sunt colles mundi, ab itineribus aeternitatis eius.
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 Pro iniquitate vidi tentoria Aethiopiae, turbabuntur pelles terrae Madian.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Numquid in fluminibus iratus es Domine? aut in fluminibus furor tuus? vel in mari indignatio tua? Qui ascendis super equos tuos: et quadrigae tuae salvatio.
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 Suscitans suscitabis arcum tuum: iuramenta tribubus quae locutus es: Fluvios scindes terrae:
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 viderunt te, et doluerunt montes: gurges aquarum transiit. Dedit abyssus vocem suam: altitudo manus suas levavit.
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 Sol, et luna steterunt in habitaculo suo, in luce sagittarum tuarum, ibunt in splendore fulgurantis hastae tuae.
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 In fremitu conculcabis terram: et in furore obstupefacies Gentes.
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Egressus es in salutem populi tui: in salutem cum Christo tuo: Percussisti caput de domo impii: denudasti fundamentum eius usque ad collum.
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 Maledixisti sceptris eius, capiti bellatorum eius, venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me. Exultatio eorum sicut eius, qui devorat pauperem in abscondito.
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 Viam fecisti in mari equis tuis, in luto aquarum multarum.
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heap of great waters.
16 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.
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 Ficus enim non florebit: et non erit germen in vineis. Mentietur opus olivae: et arva non afferent cibum. Abscindetur de ovili pecus: et non erit armentum in praesepibus.
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 Ego autem in Domino gaudebo: et exultabo in Deo Iesu meo.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 Deus Dominus fortitudo mea: et ponet pedes meos quasi cervorum. Et super excelsa mea deducet me victor in psalmis canentem.
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.
