3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to ①Shigionoth.
▷ ①Perhaps a highly emotional poetic form
3:2 LORD, I have heard ①the report about You, and ②I was afraid.
LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known.
In anger remember ③mercy.
▷ ①Or Your report ②Or I am in awe, O LORD, of Your work; In the midst of the years revive it, ③Or compassion
3:3 God comes from Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens,
And the earth is full of His praise.
3:4 His radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And the hiding of His might is there.
3:5 Before Him goes plague,
And plague comes forth ①after Him.
▷ ①Lit at His feet
3:6 He stood and caused the earth to shudder;
He looked and caused the nations to jump.
Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills ①collapsed.
His paths are everlasting.
▷ ①Lit cowered
3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan under distress,
The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.
3:8 Did the LORD rage against the rivers,
Or was Your anger against the rivers,
Or was Your rage against the sea,
That You rode on Your horses,
On Your chariots of salvation?
3:9 You removed Your bow from its holder,
The arrows of Your word were ①sworn. Selah You divided the earth with rivers.
▷ ①Lit oaths
3:10 The mountains saw You and quaked;
The downpour of waters swept by.
The deep raised its voice,
It lifted high its hands.
3:11 Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;
They went away at the light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your flashing spear.
3:12 In indignation You marched through the earth;
In anger You ①trampled the nations.
▷ ①Or threshed
3:13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your anointed.
You smashed the head of the house of evil
To uncover him from ①foot to neck. Selah
▷ ①Lit base
3:14 You pierced with his own ①arrows
The head of his ②leaders.
They stormed in to scatter ③us;
Their arrogance was like those
Who devour the oppressed in secret.
▷ ①Lit shafts ②Or villagers ③Lit me
3:15 You trampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the foam of many waters.
3:16 I heard, and my ①inner parts trembled;
At the sound, my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble;
Because I ②must wait quietly for the day of distress,
③For the people to arise who will attack us.
▷ ①Lit belly ②Or sigh for ③Or To come upon the people who will
3:17 Even if the fig tree does not blossom,
And there is no ①fruit on the vines,
If the yield of the olive fails,
And the fields produce no food,
Even if the flock disappears from the fold,
And there are no cattle in the stalls,
▷ ①Lit produce
3:18 Yet I will triumph in the LORD,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
3:19 The Lord ①GOD is my strength,
And He has made my feet like deer’s feet,
And has me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD