Habakkuk 3:18-19

18 ¹yet I will rejoice in the Lord; ²I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

19 God, the Lord, is my strength; ³he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me ⁴tread on my ⁵high places. ⁶To the choirmaster: with ⁷stringed^[a] instruments.

Habakkuk 3:18-19 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.

Cross References

• 1. 3:18 [Job 13:15]
• 2. 3:18 Ps. 9:14; 13:5; 21:1; 35:9; Luke 1:47; See Joel 2:23
• 3. 3:19 See 2 Sam. 2:18
• 4. 3:19 Amos 4:13; Mic. 1:3
• 5. 3:19 Deut. 32:13; 33:29
• 6. 3:19 See Ps. 4
• 7. 3:19 Isa. 38:20

Footnotes

• [a] 3:19 Hebrew 'my stringed'