Habakkuk’s Prayer

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

2  O 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.

3  God came from bTeman,

cand the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His splendor covered the heavens,

and the earth was full of his praise.

4  dHis brightness was like the light;

rays flashed from his hand;

and there he veiled his power.

5  eBefore him went pestilence,

and plague followed fat his heels.1

6  He 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.

7  I saw the tents of kCushan in affliction;

lthe curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8  mWas 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?

9  You stripped the sheath from your bow,

calling for many arrows.2 Selah

pYou split the earth with rivers.