1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
2 O Lord,xver. 16; [Ps. 44:1] I have heard the report of you,
andyPs. 90:16 your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the yearszPs. 85:6 revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
a[Ps. 77:9] in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came frombSee 1 Chr. 1:45 Teman,
cSee Deut. 33:2 and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise. [foreign]Selah[/foreign]
4 dSee Ezek. 1:27 His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
5 e[2 Kgs. 19:35]; See Ex. 12:29, 30; 1 Chr. 21:11-15 Before him went pestilence,
and plague followedf[Job 18:11] at his heels.
6 He stoodg[Ps. 60:6] and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then thehGen. 49:26; Deut. 33:15 eternal mountainsiMic. 1:4; Nah. 1:5 were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His werej[Isa. 51:9] the everlasting ways.
7 I saw the tents ofkJudg. 3:8 Cushan in affliction;
lSee Judg. 8:19-21 the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 m[Ps. 114:5] Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
m[Ps. 114:5] or your indignation against the sea,
nDeut. 33:26, 27; Ps. 18:10; 68:4, 17; 104:3; Isa. 19:1; 66:15 when you rode on your horses,
nDeut. 33:26, 27; Ps. 18:10; 68:4, 17; 104:3; Isa. 19:1; 66:15 on your chariot of salvation?
9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. [foreign]Selah[/foreign]
pPs. 78:15, 16 You split the earth with rivers.
10 qEx. 19:18; See Judg. 5:5 The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
rPs. 93:3 the deep gave forth its voice;
s[Ex. 14:22; 15:8] it lifted its hands on high.
11 tSee Josh. 10:12, 13 The sun and moon stood still in their place
u[ver. 5]; See 2 Sam. 22:15 at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
12 v[Josh. 10:42] You marched through the earth in fury;
w[Mic. 4:12, 13] you threshed the nations in anger.
13 v[See ver. 12 above] You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation ofx1 Chr. 16:22; Ps. 105:15 your anointed.
yPs. 68:21; 110:6 You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck. [foreign]Selah[/foreign]
14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 z[Ps. 77:19] You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 aver. 2 I hear, andbJer. 4:19 my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
c[Prov. 12:4] rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yetd[Ps. 94:13; Isa. 14:3, 4] I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
17
Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 e[Job 13:15] yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
fPs. 9:14; 13:5; 21:1; 35:9; Luke 1:47; See Joel 2:23 I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
gSee 2 Sam. 2:18 he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes mehAmos 4:13; Mic. 1:3 tread on myiDeut. 32:13; 33:29 high places.
jSee Ps. 4 To the choirmaster: withkIsa. 38:20 stringed instruments.