Habakkuk 3:4–12

⁴Your glory was like the sunrise.

Rays of light flashed from your mighty hand.

Your power was hidden there.

⁵You sent plagues ahead of you.

Sickness followed behind you.

⁶When you stood up, the earth shook.

When you looked at the nations,

they trembled with fear.

The age-old mountains crumbled.

The ancient hills fell down.

Your mighty acts will last forever.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble.

The people of Midian were suffering greatly.

⁸Lord, did your anger burn against the rivers?

Were you angry with the streams?

Were you angry with the Red Sea?

You rode your horses and chariots

to overcome it.

⁹You got your bow ready to use.

You asked for many arrows. Selah

You broke up the surface

of the earth with rivers.

¹⁰The mountains saw you and shook.

Floods of water swept by.

The sea roared.

It lifted its waves high.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in the sky.

They stopped because your flying arrows flashed by.

Your gleaming spear shone like lightning.

¹²When you were angry, you marched across the earth.

Because of your anger you destroyed the nations.