Habakkuk’s Prayer 1 ULT A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on shigyonoth. BSB BSB: This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
2 ULT Yahweh, I have heard your report; I feared, Yahweh, your work. In the midst of the years, revive it; in the midst of the years, make it known. In wrath, remember compassion. BSB BSB: 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 ULT And{ his} brightness was like the light; his rays{ came} from his hand, and there{ was} the hiding of his strength. BSB BSB: His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
5 ULT Before his face plague went, and fiery bolts went out at his feet. BSB BSB: Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
6 ULT He stood, and he measured the earth. He looked, and he made the nations spring apart. The eternal mountains were shattered; the everlasting hills sank down. His goings{ are} everlasting. BSB BSB: He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
7 ULT Under trouble I saw the tents of Cushan; the curtains of the land of Midian trembled. BSB BSB: I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
8 ULT Was it against the rivers that Yahweh burned? Or{ was} your nose against the rivers? Or{ was} your fury against the sea, that you rode on your horses, your chariots of salvation? BSB BSB: 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?
9 ULT Your bow was completely bared; the oaths{ sworn} to the staffs{ were} a word. Selah You split the earth with rivers. BSB BSB: You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
10 ULT The mountains saw you; they writhed. A torrent of waters swept past. The deep gave its voice; it lifted its hands on high. BSB BSB: The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
11 ULT The sun{ and} moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of your arrows as they flew, at the gleam of the lightning of your spear. BSB BSB: Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
12 ULT In indignation you marched through the earth; in anger you threshed the nations. BSB BSB: You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
13 ULT You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed one. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation to the neck. Selah BSB BSB: 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
14 ULT You pierced with his own staffs the head of his warriors. They stormed to scatter me; their exultation{ was} as if to devour the afflicted in secret. BSB BSB: 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.
15 ULT You trod the sea with your horses,{ through} the heap of great waters. BSB BSB: You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
16 ULT I heard, and my belly trembled; at the sound, my lips quivered. Decay entered into my bones, and in my place I trembled. Yet I may rest for the day of distress, to come up against the people who attack us. BSB BSB: 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.
Habakkuk Rejoices 17 ULT Though the fig tree does not blossom, and{ there} is no produce on the vines, the work of the olive has been deceptive, and the fields have not produced food, the flock has been cut off from the fold, and{ there} are no cattle in the stalls— BSB BSB: 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,
18 ULT yet I, I will exult in Yahweh; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. BSB BSB: yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
19 ULT Yahweh the Lord{ is} my strength, and he made my feet like deer, and on my high places he makes me tread. To the chief musician, on my stringed instruments. BSB BSB: 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.