Habakkuk 3
Habakkuk's
Prayer |
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A prayer of Habak'kuk the prophet upon
Shigi-o'noth.
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2 |
O LORD, I have heard
thy speech, and was afraid:
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O LORD, revive thy work in the
midst of the years, |
in the midst of the years make known; |
in wrath remember
mercy. | | |
3 |
God came from Teman,
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and the Holy One from mount Paran.
Selah. |
His glory covered the heavens, |
and the earth was full of his
praise. | | |
4 |
And his brightness was as the
light;
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he had horns coming out of his hand: |
and there was the hiding of his
power. | | |
5 |
Before him went the pestilence,
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and burning coals went forth at his
feet. | | |
6 |
He stood, and measured the earth:
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he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; |
and the everlasting mountains were scattered, |
the perpetual hills did bow: |
his ways are
everlasting. | | |
7 |
I saw the tents of Cushan in
affliction:
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and the curtains of the land of Mid'i-an did
tremble. | | |
8 |
Was the LORD
displeased against the rivers?
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Was thine anger against the rivers? |
Was thy wrath against the sea, |
that thou didst ride upon thine horses and
thy chariots of
salvation? | | |
9 |
Thy bow was made quite naked,
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according to the oaths of the tribes, even
thy word.
Selah. |
Thou didst cleave the earth with
rivers. | | |
10 |
The mountains saw thee, and they
trembled:
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the overflowing of the water passed by: |
the deep uttered his voice, |
and lifted up his hands on
high. | | |
11 |
The sun and moon stood still in
their habitation:
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at the light of thine arrows they went, |
and at the shining of thy glittering
spear. | | |
12 |
Thou didst march through the land in
indignation,
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thou didst thresh the heathen in
anger. | | |
13 |
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of
thy people,
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even for salvation with thine anointed; |
thou woundedst the head out of the house of the
wicked, |
by discovering the foundation unto the neck.
Selah. | | |
14 |
Thou didst strike through with his staves
the head of his villages:
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they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: |
their rejoicing was as to devour the poor
secretly. | | |
15 |
Thou didst walk through the sea with
thine horses,
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through the heap of great waters.
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16 |
When I heard, my belly trembled;
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my lips quivered at the voice: |
rottenness entered into my bones, |
and I trembled in myself, |
that I might rest in the day of trouble: |
when he cometh up unto the people, |
he will invade them with his
troops. | | |
17 |
Although the fig tree shall not
blossom,
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neither shall fruit be in the
vines; |
the labor of the olive shall fail, |
and the fields shall yield no meat; |
the flock shall be cut off from the fold, |
and there shall be no herd in the
stalls: | | |
18 |
yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
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I will joy in the God of my
salvation. | | |
19 |
The LORD God is my strength,
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and he will make my feet like hinds' feet,
2 Sam.
22.34 ยท Ps.
18.33
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and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. |
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To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. |