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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2LORD, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, LORD, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3God comes from Teman, the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the skies, his glory fills the earth. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He is as bright as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. This is the outward display of his power. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Plague goes before him; pestilence marches right behind him. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Is the LORD mad at the rivers? Are you angry with the rivers? Are you enraged at the sea? Is this why you climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots? |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth's surface. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me! |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The sovereign LORD is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) |
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