Habakkuk 3:14-19

14 You pierced with his ¹own spears The head of his throngs. They ²stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who ³devour the oppressed in secret.

15 You ⁴trampled on the sea with Your horses, On the ⁵surge of many waters.

16 I heard and my inward parts ⁶trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my ⁷bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must ⁸wait quietly for the day of distress, For the ⁹people to arise who will invade us.

17 Though the ¹⁰fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the ¹¹olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the ¹²flock should be cut off from the fold And there be ¹³no cattle in the stalls,

18 Yet I will ¹⁴exult in the LORD, I will ¹⁵rejoice in the ¹⁶God of my salvation.

19 The Lord GOD is my ¹⁷strength, And ¹⁸He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my ¹⁹high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

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Habakkuk 3:14-19 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 19

1. Judges 7:22
2. Daniel 11:40; Zechariah 9:14
3. Psalms 10:8; Psalms 64:2-5
4. Psalms 77:19; Habakkuk 3:8
5. Exodus 15:8
6. Daniel 10:8; Habakkuk 3:2
7. Job 30:17, 30; Jeremiah 23:9
8. Luke 21:19
9. Jeremiah 5:15
10. Joel 1:10-12; Amos 4:9; 2 Corinthians 4:8, 9
11. Micah 6:15
12. Joel 1:18
13. Jeremiah 5:17
14. Exodus 15:1, 2; Job 13:15; Isaiah 61:10; Romans 5:2, 3
15. Psalms 46:1-5; Philippians 4:4
16. Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:1; Isaiah 12:2
17. Psalms 18:32, 33; Psalms 27:1; Psalms 46:1; Isaiah 45:24
18. 2 Samuel 22:34
19. Deuteronomy 33:29

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "shafts"
[b]. Or "warriors" or "villagers"
[c]. Lit "me"
[d]. Lit "belly"
[e]. Or "To come upon the people" who "will"
[f]. Lit "produce"
[g]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD