3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
3:2 LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
3:3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
3:4 His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.
3:5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
3:6 He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
3:8 Were you angry with the rivers, O LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode with your horses and your victorious chariots?
3:9 You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;
3:10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
3:11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
3:12 In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.
3:13 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. Selah
3:14 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.
3:15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.
3:16 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.
3:17 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,
3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
3:19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet in shigionoth.
3:2 O Jehovah, I have heard the report concerning You and am afraid. / O Jehovah, revive Your work / In the midst of the years; / In the midst of the years make it known; / In wrath remember compassion.
3:3 God comes from Teman, / Even the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah / His splendor covers the heavens, / And the earth is filled with His praise.
3:4 And His brightness is like the light: / Rays come forth from His hand, / And the hiding of His power is there.
3:5 Before Him goes pestilence, / And the fire bolt comes forth at His feet.
3:6 He stands and measures the earth; / He looks and startles the nations; / And the ancient mountains are shattered into dust, / And the everlasting hills sink down; / His goings are eternal.
3:7 I see the tents of Cushan / Under affliction; / The tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
3:8 Is it against the rivers, O Jehovah, / Against the rivers that Your anger is kindled? / Is Your overflowing wrath against the sea / That You ride upon Your horses, / Upon Your chariots of salvation?
3:9 Your bow is bared utterly; / The rods of discipline are sworn according to Your word. Selah / You cleave the earth with rivers.
3:10 The mountains see You; they writhe; / The tempest of water passes by; / The deep utters its voice, / It lifts its hands high.
3:11 The sun and the moon stand still in their high abode / At the light of Your arrows going forth, / At the brightness of Your glittering spear.
3:12 In wrath You march through the earth, / In anger You thresh the nations.
3:13 You go forth for the salvation of Your people, / For the salvation of Your anointed one, / You strike the head from the house of the wicked one, / Laying bare the foundation, even to the neck. Selah
3:14 You pierce, with his own staves, / The heads of his warriors. / They come out like a whirlwind to scatter me; / Their exultation is as if to devour the poor in secret.
3:15 You tread the sea with Your horses, / The heap of mighty waters.
3:16 I heard and my body trembled; / My lips quivered at the sound. / Rottenness entered my bones, / And I tremble in my place, / Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, / When he who attacks comes up against the people.
3:17 For the fig tree will not sprout, / And there will be no yield on the vines; / The labor on the olive tree will fail, / And the fields will make no food; / The flock will be cut off from the fold, / And there will be no herd in the stalls.
3:18 Yet I will exult in Jehovah; / I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
3:19 Jehovah the Lord is my strength; / And He makes my feet like hinds’ feet / And will cause me to walk on my high places. / For the choir director, with my stringed instruments.