3:1 | A prayer <08605> of Habakkuk <02265> the prophet <05030> upon Shigionoth <07692>. {upon...: or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth} |
3:2 | O LORD <03068>, I have heard <08085> (8804) thy speech <08088>, [and] was afraid <03372> (8804): O LORD <03068>, revive <02421> (8761) thy work <06467> in the midst <07130> of the years <08141>, in the midst <07130> of the years <08141> make known <03045> (8686); in wrath <07267> remember <02142> (8799) mercy <07355> (8763). {speech: Heb. report, or, hearing} {revive: or, preserve alive} |
3:3 | God <0433> came <0935> (8799) from Teman <08487>, and the Holy One <06918> from mount <02022> Paran <06290>. Selah <05542>. His glory <01935> covered <03680> (8765) the heavens <08064>, and the earth <0776> was full <04390> (8804) of his praise <08416>. {Teman: or, the south} |
3:4 | And [his] brightness <05051> was as the light <0216>; he had horns <07161> [coming] out of his hand <03027>: and there [was] the hiding <02253> of his power <05797>. {horns...: or, bright beams out of his side} |
3:5 | Before <06440> him went <03212> (8799) the pestilence <01698>, and burning coals <07565> went forth <03318> (8799) at his feet <07272>. {coals: or, diseases} |
3:6 | He stood <05975> (8804), and measured <04128> (8787) the earth <0776>: he beheld <07200> (8804), and drove asunder <05425> (8686) the nations <01471>; and the everlasting <05703> mountains <02042> were scattered <06327> (8691), the perpetual <05769> hills <01389> did bow <07817> (8804): his ways <01979> [are] everlasting <05769>. |
3:7 | I saw <07200> (8804) the tents <0168> of Cushan <03572> in affliction <0205>: [and] the curtains <03407> of the land <0776> of Midian <04080> did tremble <07264> (8799). {Cushan: or, Ethiopia} {in...: or, under affliction, or, vanity} |
3:8 | Was the LORD <03068> displeased <02734> (8804) against the rivers <05104>? [was] thine anger <0639> against the rivers <05104>? [was] thy wrath <05678> against the sea <03220>, that thou didst ride <07392> (8799) upon thine horses <05483> [and] thy chariots <04818> of salvation <03444>? {of...: or, were salvation?} |
3:9 | Thy bow <07198> was made quite <06181> naked <05783> (8735), [according] to the oaths <07621> of the tribes <04294>, [even thy] word <0562>. Selah <05542>. Thou didst cleave <01234> (8762) the earth <0776> with rivers <05104>. {earth...: or, rivers of the earth} |
3:10 | The mountains <02022> saw <07200> (8804) thee, [and] they trembled <02342> (8799): the overflowing <02230> of the water <04325> passed by <05674> (8804): the deep <08415> uttered <05414> (8804) his voice <06963>, [and] lifted up <05375> (8804) his hands <03027> on high <07315>. |
3:11 | The sun <08121> [and] moon <03394> stood still <05975> (8804) in their habitation <02073>: at the light <0216> of thine arrows <02671> they went <01980> (8762), [and] at the shining <05051> of thy glittering <01300> spear <02595>. {at the light...: or, thine arrows walked in the light} |
3:12 | Thou didst march through <06805> (8799) the land <0776> in indignation <02195>, thou didst thresh <01758> (8799) the heathen <01471> in anger <0639>. |
3:13 | Thou wentest forth <03318> (8804) for the salvation <03468> of thy people <05971>, [even] for salvation <03468> with thine anointed <04899>; thou woundedst <04272> (8804) the head <07218> out of the house <01004> of the wicked <07563>, by discovering <06168> (8763) the foundation <03247> unto the neck <06677>. Selah <05542>. {by...: Heb. making naked} |
3:14 | Thou didst strike through <05344> (8804) with his staves <04294> the head <07218> of his villages <06518>: they came out as a whirlwind <05590> (8799) to scatter <06327> (8687) me: their rejoicing <05951> [was] as to devour <0398> (8800) the poor <06041> secretly <04565>. {came...: Heb. were tempestuous} |
3:15 | Thou didst walk <01869> (8804) through the sea <03220> with thine horses <05483>, [through] the heap <02563> of great <07227> waters <04325>. {heap: or, mud} |
3:16 | When I heard <08085> (8804), my belly <0990> trembled <07264> (8799); my lips <08193> quivered <06750> (8804) at the voice <06963>: rottenness <07538> entered <0935> (8799) into my bones <06106>, and I trembled <07264> (8799) in myself, that I might rest <05117> (8799) in the day <03117> of trouble <06869>: when he cometh up <05927> (8800) unto the people <05971>, he will invade them with his troops <01464> (8799). {invade...: or, cut them in pieces} |
3:17 | Although the fig tree <08384> shall not blossom <06524> (8799), neither [shall] fruit <02981> [be] in the vines <01612>; the labour <04639> of the olive <02132> shall fail <03584> (8765), and the fields <07709> shall yield <06213> (8804) no meat <0400>; the flock <06629> shall be cut off <01504> (8804) from the fold <04356>, and [there shall be] no herd <01241> in the stalls <07517>: {fail: Heb. lie} |
3:18 | Yet I will rejoice <05937> (8799) in the LORD <03068>, I will joy <01523> (8799) in the God <0430> of my salvation <03468>. |
3:19 | The LORD <03069> God <0136> [is] my strength <02428>, and he will make <07760> (8799) my feet <07272> like hinds <0355>' [feet], and he will make me to walk <01869> (8686) upon mine high places <01116>. To the chief singer <05329> (8764) on my stringed instruments <05058>. {chief...: or, overseer} {stringed...: Heb. Neginoth} |