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Habakkuk’s Prayer

Verse1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

Verse2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Verse3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

Verse4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

Verse5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.

Verse6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

Verse7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

Verse8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

Verse9You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows.Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Verse10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Verse11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Verse12You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.

Verse13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe.Selah

Verse14With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

Verse15You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

Verse16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Habakkuk Rejoices

Verse17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Verse18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Verse19GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.