1 A prayer by the prophet Habakkuk, set to music. a3:1 Lit. prayer upon Shigionoth ISV — Habakkuk 3:1
2 LORD, as I listen to what has been said about you, I am afraid. LORD, revive your work throughout all of our lives— reveal yourself b3:2 The Heb. lacks yourself throughout all of our lives— when you c3:2 The Heb. lacks you are angry, remember compassion. ISV — Habakkuk 3:2
3 God comes from Teman d3:3 i.e. an Edomite desert town — the Holy One from Mount Paran. e3:3 i.e. in the Sinai desert Interlude His glory spreads throughout the heavens, and praises about him fill the earth. ISV — Habakkuk 3:3
4 His radiance is like sunlight; beams of light shine f3:4 The Heb. lacks shine from his hand, where his strength lays hidden. ISV — Habakkuk 3:4
5 Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him. g3:5 Lit. follows at his feet ISV — Habakkuk 3:5
6 He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal. ISV — Habakkuk 3:6
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, and the tent curtains of the land of Midian in anguish. ISV — Habakkuk 3:7
8 Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger directed h3:8 The Heb. lacks directed against the watercourses or your wrath against the sea? Indeed, you rode upon your horses, upon your chariots of deliverance. ISV — Habakkuk 3:8
9 Your bow was exposed, and your i3:9 The Heb. lacks your arrows targeted by command. Interlude You split the earth with rivers. ISV — Habakkuk 3:9
10 When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves j3:10 Lit. hands surged upward. ISV — Habakkuk 3:10
11 The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear. ISV — Habakkuk 3:11
12 You march through the land in righteous k3:12 The Heb. lacks righteous indignation; you tread down the nations in anger. ISV — Habakkuk 3:12
13 You marched out to deliver your people, to deliver with your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the wicked; you stripped him naked from head to foot. Interlude ISV — Habakkuk 3:13
14 With his own lances you pierced the heads of his warriors, who came out like a windstorm to scatter us l3:14 Lit. me — their joy is to devour the afflicted who are in hiding. ISV — Habakkuk 3:14
15 You rode on the sea with your horses, even riding m3:15 The Heb. lacks even riding the crested waves of mighty waters. ISV — Habakkuk 3:15
16 I heard and I trembled within. My lips quivered at the noise. My legs gave way beneath me, n3:16 Lit. Rottenness enters my bones and I trembled. Nevertheless, I await the day of distress that will dawn on our invaders. ISV — Habakkuk 3:16
17 Even though the fig tree does not blossom, and there are no grapes on the vines; even if the olive harvest fails, and the fields produce nothing edible; even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold, and there is no herd in the stalls— ISV — Habakkuk 3:17
18 as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. I will find my joy in the God who delivers me. ISV — Habakkuk 3:18
19 The LORD God is my strength— he will make my feet like those of a deer, equipping me to tread on my mountain heights. ISV — Habakkuk 3:19