Habakkuk 3

1The prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with an ode.

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2Lord, I have heard Your report and was afraid; I considered Your works and was greatly astonished. You shall be known between the two living creatures; In the approaching years You shall be acknowledged; You will be revealed when the time comes. When my soul is troubled, You will in wrath remember mercy.

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3God will come from Teman, The Holy One from the mount of shaded leafy trees. Pause. His excellence covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise.

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4His brightness will be like the light; Horns will be in His hand, And He established a mighty love of His strength.

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5Before His face a word will go forth; It will go out by the shoes of His feet.

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6The earth stood and was shaken to and fro; He looked and the nations melted away. The mountains were shattered by force; The everlasting hills wasted away.

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7In the place of distresses, I saw His eternal ways. The tents of the Ethiopians will be dismayed, Even the tents of the land of Midian.

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8Were you angry, O Lord, with the rivers? Or was Your wrath against the rivers, Or was Your fury against the sea, That You will mount on Your horses, And Your chariot is salvation?

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9'You will stretch your bow against scepters,' says the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.

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10Many peoples will see you and be in travail, Dispersing waters from its course. The abyss uttered its voice; Raising its form on high.

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11The sun arose, and the moon stood in its course; At the light of Your arrows they went forth, At the flashing of Your gleaming weapons.

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12You will bring low the land with threatening; You will break the nations in wrath.

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13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, To save Your anointed ones. You brought death upon the heads of the lawless; You brought bonds upon their neck. Pause.

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14You cut off the heads of rulers in amazement; They shall tremble in it. They will break their bridles Like a poor man eating secretly.

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15You ran your horses into the sea, Churning up the many waters.

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16I kept watch, and my belly trembled From the sound of the prayer of my lips; And trembling penetrated into my bones. And my very frame of mind was troubled. I shall rest in the day of tribulation To go up to the people of my sojourn.

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17For though the fig tree will not bear fruit And there be no grapes on the vines; The labor of the olive tree fail And the fields yield no food; Though the sheep have no pasture And there be no oxen in the cribs;

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18Yet I will glory in the Lord; I will rejoice in God my Savior.

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19The Lord God is my strength; He will direct my feet to the end; He will set me upon high places, So to conquer by His song.

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