Habakkuk 3:4–12

His brightness was like the light;

rays flashed from his hand;

and there he veiled his power.

Before him went pestilence,

and plague followed at his heels.

He stood and measured the earth;

he looked and shook the nations;

then the eternal mountains were scattered;

the everlasting hills sank low.

His were the everlasting ways.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;

the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

Was your anger against the rivers,

or your indignation against the sea,

when you rode on your horses,

on your chariot of salvation?

You stripped the sheath from your bow,

calling for many arrows. Selah

You split the earth with rivers.

The mountains saw you and writhed;

the raging waters swept on;

the deep gave forth its voice;

it lifted its hands on high.

The sun and moon stood still in their place

at the light of your arrows as they sped,

at the flash of your glittering spear.

You marched through the earth in fury;

you threshed the nations in anger.

His brilliance is like light;

rays are flashing from his hand.

This is where his power is hidden.

Plague goes before him,

and pestilence follows in his steps.

He stands and shakes the earth;

he looks and startles the nations.

The age-old mountains break apart;

the ancient hills sink down.

His pathways are ancient.

I see the tents of Cushan in distress;

the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.

Are you angry at the rivers, Lord?

Is your wrath against the rivers?

Or is your fury against the sea

when you ride on your horses,

your victorious chariot?

You took the sheath from your bow;

the arrows are ready to be used with an oath.

Selah

You split the earth with rivers.

The mountains see you and shudder;

a downpour of water sweeps by.

The deep roars with its voice

and lifts its waves high.

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,

at the flash of your flying arrows,

at the brightness of your shining spear.

You march across the earth with indignation;

you trample down the nations in wrath.

His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.

Rays of light flash from his hands,

where his awesome power is hidden.

Pestilence marches before him;

plague follows close behind.

When he stops, the earth shakes.

When he looks, the nations tremble.

He shatters the everlasting mountains

and levels the eternal hills.

He is the Eternal One!

I see the people of Cushan in distress,

and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.

Was it in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers

and parted the sea?

Were you displeased with them?

No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!

You brandished your bow

and your quiver of arrows.

You split open the earth with flowing rivers.

The mountains watched and trembled.

Onward swept the raging waters.

The mighty deep cried out,

lifting its hands in submission.

The sun and moon stood still in the sky

as your brilliant arrows flew

and your glittering spear flashed.

You marched across the land in anger

and trampled the nations in your fury.

And his brightness was like the light;

flashing rays came from his hand for him;

And there is the covering of his strength.

Before him went Disease,

and Pestilence went out at his feet.

He 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.

Under affliction I saw the tents of Cushan;

the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

Was 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?

You laid bare the nakedness of your bow,

swearing oaths with the arrows of your word.

You split the earth with rivers.

When the mountains saw you they writhed;

a torrent of waters swept by;

the deep gave its voice;

it raised its hands on high.

Sun 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.

In fury you marched through the earth;

in anger you trampled the nations.

And his brightness was as the light;

He had horns coming out of his hand:

And there was the hiding of his power.

Before him went the pestilence,

And burning coals went forth at his feet.

He stood, and measured the earth:

He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;

And the everlasting mountains were scattered,

The perpetual hills did bow:

His ways are everlasting.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction:

And the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Was the Lord displeased against the rivers?

Was thine anger against the rivers?

Was thy wrath against the sea,

That thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Thy bow was made quite naked,

According to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah.

Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:

The overflowing of the water passed by:

The deep uttered his voice,

And lifted up his hands on high.

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:

At the light of thine arrows they went,

And at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Thou didst march through the land in indignation,

Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.