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1 This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth: A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
2 O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, 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 came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise 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 His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden. 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 Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps. Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels. Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. 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 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling. 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 Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on 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 brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split 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 The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on 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 and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining 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 You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. 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 went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah 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 With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. 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 trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great 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 heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us. 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 bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are 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 will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice 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 GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With 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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