3:1 A PRAYER OF THE PROPHET AMBACUM, WITH A
SONG.
3:2 O Lord, I have heard thy report, and was afraid: I considered thy works,
and was amazed: thou shalt be known between the two living creatures, thou
shalt be acknowledged when the years draw nigh; thou shalt be manifested
when the time is come; when my soul is troubled, thou wilt in wrath remember
mercy.
3:3 God shall come from Thaeman, and the Holy One from the dark shady mount
Pharan. Pause.
3:4 His excellence covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his
praise. And his brightness shall be as light; [there were] horns in his
hands, and he caused a mighty love of his strength.
3:5 Before his face shall go a report, and it shall go forth into the
plains,
3:6 the earth stood at his feet and trembled: he beheld, and the nations
melted away: the mountains were violently burst through, the everlasting
hills melted at his everlasting going forth.
3:7 Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: the
tabernacles also of the land of Madiam shall be dismayed.
3:8 Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or [was] thy wrath against the
rivers, or thine anger against the sea? for thou wilt mount on thine horses,
and thy chariots are salvation.
3:9 Surely thou didst bend they bow at scepters, saith the Lord. Pause. The
land of rivers shall be torn asunder.
3:10 The nations shall see thee and be in pain, [as thou dost] divide the
moving waters: the deep uttered her voice, and raised her form on high.
3:11 The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts
shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine
arms.
3:12 Thou wilt bring low the land with threatening, and in wrath thou wilt
break down the nations.
3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, to save thine
anointed: thou shalt bring death on the heads of transgressors; thou has
brought bands upon [their] neck. Pause.
3:14 Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall
tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, [they shall be] as a poor man
devouring in secret.
3:15 And thou dost cause thine horses to enter the sea, disturbing much
water.
3:16 I watched, and my belly trembled at the sound of the prayer of my lips,
and trembling entered into my bones, and my frame was troubled within me; I
will rest in the day of affliction, fro going up to the people of my
sojourning.
3:17 For [though] the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no
produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields
shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are
no oxen at the cribs;
3:18 yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.
3:19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will perfectly strengthen my feet;
he mounts me upon high places, that I may conquer by his song. |
3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon
Shigionoth.
3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work
in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath
remember mercy.
3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory
covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his
hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his
feet.
3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the
nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills
did bow: his ways are everlasting.
3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of
Midian did tremble.
3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the
rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine
horses and thy chariots of salvation?
3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even
thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water
passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine
arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the
heathen in anger.
3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation
with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked,
by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour
the poor secretly.
3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of
great waters.
3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:
rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might
rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will
invade them with his troops.
3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls:
3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my
stringed instruments. |