Habakkuk 3:1–15

Habakkuk’s Prayer

3A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

²O Lord, ^xI have heard the report of you,

and ^yyour work, O Lord, do I fear.

In the midst of the years ^zrevive it;

in the midst of the years make it known;

^ain wrath remember mercy.

³God came from ^bTeman,

^cand the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His splendor covered the heavens,

and the earth was full of his praise.

^4dHis brightness was like the light;

rays flashed from his hand;

and there he veiled his power.

^5eBefore him went pestilence,

and plague followed ^fat his heels.¹

⁶He stood ^gand measured the earth;

he looked and shook the nations;

then the ^heternal mountains ⁱwere scattered;

the everlasting hills sank low.

His were ^jthe everlasting ways.

⁷I saw the tents of ^kCushan in affliction;

^lthe curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

^8mWas your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

Was your anger against the rivers,

^mor your indignation against the sea,

ⁿwhen you rode on your horses,

ⁿon your chariot of salvation?

⁹You stripped the sheath from your bow,

calling for many arrows.² Selah

^pYou split the earth with rivers.

^10qThe mountains saw you and writhed;

the raging waters swept on;

^rthe deep gave forth its voice;

^sit lifted its hands on high.

^11tThe sun and moon stood still in their place

^uat the light of your arrows as they sped,

at the flash of your glittering spear.

^12vYou marched through the earth in fury;

^wyou threshed the nations in anger.

^13vYou went out for the salvation of your people,

for the salvation of ^xyour anointed.

^yYou crushed the head of the house of the wicked,

laying him bare from thigh to neck.³ Selah

¹⁴You 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.

^15zYou trampled the sea with your horses,

the surging of mighty waters.