Habakkuk’s Prayer
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
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O Lord,
1I have heard the report of you, and
2your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years
3revive it; in the midst of the years make it known;
4in wrath remember mercy.
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God came from
5Teman,
6and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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7His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
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8Before him went pestilence, and plague followed
9at his heels.
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He stood
10and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the
11eternal mountains
12were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were
13the everlasting ways.
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I saw the tents of
14Cushan in affliction;
15the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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16Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord? Was your anger against the rivers,
17or your indignation against the sea,
18when you rode on your horses,
19on your chariot of salvation?
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You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows. Selah
20You split the earth with rivers.
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21The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on;
22the deep gave forth its voice;
23it lifted its hands on high.
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24The sun and moon stood still in their place
25at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
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26You marched through the earth in fury;
27you threshed the nations in anger.
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28You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of
29your anointed.
30You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
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You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
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31You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters.
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32I hear, and
33my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound;
34rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet
35I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.