Habakkuk 3:4–12

⁴And his brightness was like the light;

flashing rays came from his hand for him;

And there is the covering of his strength.

⁵Before him went Disease,^a

and Pestilence^b went out at his feet.

⁶He stood and measured the earth;

he looked and made the nations tremble.

Then the mountains of old were shattered;

the hills of old collapsed.

The ways of old belong to him.

⁷Under affliction I saw the tents of Cushan;

the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

⁸Was the anger of Yahweh against the rivers?

Was your wrath against the rivers,

or your fury against the sea,

when you mounted upon your horses,

upon your victory chariot?

⁹You laid bare the nakedness of your bow,

swearing oaths with the arrows of your word.

You split the earth with rivers.

¹⁰When the mountains saw you they writhed;

a torrent of waters swept by;

the deep gave its voice;

it raised its hands on high.

¹¹Sun and moon stood still in their place;

at the light of your arrows they moved about;

at the gleam of the flashing of your spear.

¹²In fury you marched through the earth;

in anger you trampled the nations.