Book of Habakkuk, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk
and thy work, O LORD, do I fear.
In the midst of the years renew it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
in wrath remember mercy.
and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His glory covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
Selah
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
and plague followed close behind.
he looked and shook the nations;
then the eternal mountains were scattered,
the everlasting hills sank low.
His ways were as of old.
the curtains of the land of Mid′ian did tremble.
Was thy anger against the rivers,
or thy indignation against the sea,
when thou didst ride upon thy horses,
upon thy chariot of victory?
and put the arrows to the string.[a]
Selah
Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
the raging waters swept on;
the deep gave forth its voice,
it lifted its hands on high.
at the light of thine arrows as they sped,
at the flash of thy glittering spear.
thou didst trample the nations in anger.
for the salvation of thy anointed.
Thou didst crush the head of the wicked,[c]
laying him bare from thigh to neck.[d]
Selah
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
the surging of mighty waters.
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones,
my steps totter[g] beneath me.
I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
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,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
he makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
he makes me tread upon my high places.
¶ To the choirmaster: with stringed[h] instruments.FOOTNOTES
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