Habakkuk's Prayer
1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
2
O LORD, 1I have heard the report of you, and 2your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years 3revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; 4in wrath remember mercy.
3
God came from 5Teman, 6and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Selah
6
He stood 10and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the 11eternal mountains 12were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were 13the everlasting ways.
8
16Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD? Was your anger against the rivers, 17or your indignation against the sea, 18when you rode on your horses, 19on your chariot of salvation?
9
You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows.b Selah 20You split the earth with rivers.
10
21The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; 22the deep gave forth its voice; 23it lifted its hands on high.
11
24The sun and moon stood still in their place 25at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
13
28You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of 29your anointed. 30You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck.c Selah
14
You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
16
32I hear, and 33my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; 34rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet 35I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord
17
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)