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1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, [set] on shigionoth: A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
2 O YHWH, I heard your report, || I have been afraid, O YHWH, || Your work! In midst of years revive it, || In the midst of years You make known, || In anger You remember mercy. O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God comes from Teman, || The Holy One from Mount Paran. Pause! His splendor has covered the heavens, || And His praise has filled the earth. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
4 And the brightness is as the light, || He has rays out of His hand, || And there—the hiding of His strength. His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power. His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.
5 Before Him goes pestilence, || And a burning flame goes forth at His feet. Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels. Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
6 He has stood, and He measures earth, || He has seen, and He shakes off nations, || And mountains of antiquity scatter themselves, || The hills of old have bowed, || The ways of old [are] His. He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways. He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever.
7 Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, || Curtains of the land of Midian tremble. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
8 Has YHWH been angry against rivers? Against rivers [is] Your anger? [Is] Your wrath against the sea? For You ride on Your horses—Your chariots of salvation. Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD? Was your anger against the rivers, or your indignation against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation? Were you angry with the rivers, LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode your horses and your chariots to victory?
9 You make Your bow utterly naked, || The tribes have sworn, saying, “Pause!” You cleave the earth [with] rivers. You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers. You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers;
10 Seen You—pained are mountains, || An inundation of waters has passed over, || The deep has given forth its voice, || It has lifted up its hands high. The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high. the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
11 Sun—moon—has stood—a habitation, || Your arrows go on at the light, || At the brightness, the glittering of Your spear. The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear. Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
12 In indignation You tread earth, || In anger You thresh nations. You marched through the earth in fury; you threshed the nations in anger. In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.
13 You have gone forth for the salvation of Your people, || For salvation with Your Anointed, || You have struck the head of the house of the wicked, || Laying bare the foundation to the neck. Pause! You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot.
14 You have pierced the head of his leaders with his own rods, || They are tempestuous to scatter me, || Their exultation [is] as to consume the poor in secret. 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. With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.
15 You have proceeded through the sea with Your horses—the clay of many waters. You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters. You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.
16 I have heard, and my belly trembles, || At the noise have my lips quivered, || Rottenness comes into my bones, || And in my place I tremble, || That I rest for a day of distress, || At the coming up of the people, he overcomes it. I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us. I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not flourish, || And there is no produce among vines, || The work of the olive has failed, || And fields have not yielded food, || The flock has been cut off from the fold, || And there is no herd in the stalls, 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, Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
18 Yet I, in YHWH I exult, || I am joyful in the God of my salvation. yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19 YHWH the Lord [is] my strength, || And He makes my feet like does, || And causes me to tread on my high-places. To the overseer with my stringed instruments! GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
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