it has been indicated that this phrase describes the way in which a person shall continue to live rather than the way in which he is to be justified. The positioning of the phrase before the verb that it modifies emphasizes the importance of this idea. How then is a person to experience life? By his “steadfast deeds”? To be sure, “steadfastness” is the root meaning of the term. Is that the meaning of the term used by Habakkuk? Particularly as the concept is applied to God, his “steadfastness” is