Habakkuk 33HabakkukHabakkuk's prayerThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Habakkuk’s Prayer

2. 1ENGOJBA tefillah of Chabakuk HaNavi. On Shigionoth.BSBBSB: This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
3. 2ENGOJBHashem, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid; Hashem, revive Thy work in the midst of the shanim, i n the midst of the shanim make known; in wrath remember mercy.BSBBSB: O 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!
4. 3ENGOJBG-d came from Teman, and HaKadosh from Mt Paran. Selah. His hod (glory) covered HaShomayim, and ha'aretz was full of His tehillah (praise).BSBBSB: God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd His brightness was like the ohr; He had rays of light flashing from His yad; and there was His power hidden.BSBBSB: His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
6. 5ENGOJBBefore Him went the dever (plague), and pestilence went forth at His feet.BSBBSB: Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
7. 6ENGOJBHe stood, and measured ha'aretz; He beheld, and made the Goyim tremble; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow; His ways are olam (everlasting).BSBBSB: He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
8. 7ENGOJBI saw the tents of Kushan in affliction; and the dwellings of Eretz Midyan did tremble.BSBBSB: I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
9. 8ENGOJBWas Hashem displeased against the rivers? Was Thine anger against the rivers? Was Thy wrath against the yam, that Thou didst ride upon Thine susim and Thy merkavot of yeshu'ah (salvation)?BSBBSB: Were 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?
10. 9ENGOJBThy keshet (bow) was made bare. Oathes were sworn over mattot (rods, arrows). Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.BSBBSB: You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
11. 10ENGOJBThe harim (mountains) saw Thee, and they trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by; the tehom (deep) uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands on high.BSBBSB: The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
12. 11ENGOJBThe shemesh and yarei'ach stood still in their habitation; at the ohr of Thine arrows they went, and at the lightning of Thy glittering spear.BSBBSB: Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
13. 12ENGOJBThou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the Goyim in anger.BSBBSB: You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
14. 13ENGOJBThou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, even for deliverance of Thy Moshiach; Thou crushed the rosh of the bais of the wicked, Thou stripped him thigh to neck. Selah.BSBBSB: You 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
15. 14ENGOJBThou didst pierce with his spears the head of his horde; they came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like unto devouring the aniyim (the poor) in secret.BSBBSB: With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
16. 15ENGOJBThou didst walk through the yam with Thine susim, through the heap of mayim rabbim.BSBBSB: You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
17. 16ENGOJBWhen I heard, my heart trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might wait patiently for the Yom Tzarah to come on the nation invading us.BSBBSB: I 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.

18. Habakkuk Rejoices

19. 17ENGOJBAlthough the etz te'enah shall not blossom, neither shall grape be on the gefen; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no okhel; the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls;BSBBSB: Though 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,
20. 18ENGOJBYet I will rejoice in Hashem, I will joy in the G-d of my salvation.BSBBSB: yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
21. 19ENGOJBHashem Adonoi is my strength, and He will make my feet like the feet of a deer, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.BSBBSB: GOD 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.