Habakkuk’s Prayer 1 WBS A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. BSB BSB: This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
2 WBS O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 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 WBS And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand; and there was the hiding of his power. BSB BSB: His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
5 WBS Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. BSB BSB: Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
6 WBS He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways 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 WBS I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and 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 WBS Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thy anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thy horses, and thy 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 WBS Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. BSB BSB: You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
10 WBS The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his 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 WBS The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering 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 WBS Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. BSB BSB: You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
13 WBS Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thy anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by uncovering 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 WBS Thou didst strike through with his staffs the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 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 WBS Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, through the mire of great waters. BSB BSB: You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
16 WBS When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up to the people, he will invade them with his troops. 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 WBS Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd 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 WBS Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy 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 WBS The Lord GOD is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet , and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer 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.