Habakkuk 3:3–15

³I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,

the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.

His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,

and the earth is filled with his praise.

⁴His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.

Rays of light flash from his hands,

where his awesome power is hidden.

⁵Pestilence marches before him;

plague follows close behind.

⁶When 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!

⁷I see the people of Cushan in distress,

and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.

⁸Was 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!

⁹You brandished your bow

and your quiver of arrows.

You split open the earth with flowing rivers.

¹⁰The mountains watched and trembled.

Onward swept the raging waters.

The mighty deep cried out,

lifting its hands in submission.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in the sky

as your brilliant arrows flew

and your glittering spear flashed.

¹²You marched across the land in anger

and trampled the nations in your fury.

¹³You went out to rescue your chosen people,

to save your anointed ones.

You crushed the heads of the wicked

and stripped their bones from head to toe.

¹⁴With his own weapons,

you destroyed the chief of those

who rushed out like a whirlwind,

thinking Israel would be easy prey.

¹⁵You trampled the sea with your horses,

and the mighty waters piled high.