Habakkuk 3:16-19

16 ¹I hear, and ²my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; ³rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet ⁴I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,

18 ⁵yet I will rejoice in the LORD; ⁶I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

19 GOD, the Lord, is my strength; ⁷he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me ⁸tread on my ⁹high places.¹⁰To the choirmaster: with ¹¹stringed^[a] instruments.

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Habakkuk 3:16-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HABAKKUK 3

The title of this chapter is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, composed after the manner of a psalm of David, and directed to the chief singer, Hab 3:1,19. The occasion of it is expressed, Hab 3:2 in which the prophet declares his concern for the work of the Lord, and the promotion of the kingdom and interest of Christ; and observes the various steps that were, or would be, taken for the advancement of it; for which he prays, and suggests that these would be after the manner of the Lord's dealing with the people of Israel, and settling them in the land of Canaan, Hab 3:3-15 and there being several things awful in this account, both with respect to the judgments of God on his enemies, and the conflicts and trials of his own people, it greatly affected the mind of the prophet, Hab 3:16 and yet, in the view of the worst, he expresses his strong faith in the Lord, as to better times and things, that would most assuredly come, Hab 3:17-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. ver. 2
2. Jeremiah 4:19
3. [Proverbs 12:4]
4. [Psalms 94:13; Isaiah 14:3, 4]
5. [Job 13:15]
6. Psalms 9:14; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 21:1; Psalms 35:9; Luke 1:47; See Joel 2:23
7. See 2 Samuel 2:18
8. Amos 4:13; Micah 1:3
9. Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29
10. See Psalms 4
11. Isaiah 38:20

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew my stringed

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