The prayer of Habakkuk
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. Lord, I have heard what you've said, and I was afraid. Lord, bring your work to life again in our time; make it known in our time. In your anger, remember mercy. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. His brightness was like the light. He had horns coming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went disease, and burning coals went out at his feet. He stood and measured the earth. He looked and drove the nations apart. The everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble, and the curtains of the land of Midian trembling. Was the Lord angry with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, your fury against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? Your bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even your word. Selah. You split the earth with rivers. The mountains saw you and writhed. The torrent of water swept past. The deep gave its voice and lifted its hands on high. Sun and moon stood still in their place, at the light of your arrows as they flew, at the flash of your glittering spear. You marched through the land in anger. You threshed the nations in anger. You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, laying it bare from foundation to neck. Selah. You struck through the heads of his villages with his own weapons. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor secretly. You trod the sea with your horses, through the surge of great waters. When I heard, my belly trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, so that I might rest in the day of trouble, when he comes up to the people and invades them with his troops.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth. Lord, I've heard what you've said and I was frightened. Lord, bring your work to life in the middle of the years. Make it known in the middle of the years. In anger remember mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was like the light. He had rays coming out of his hand, and that's where his power was hidden. Plague went in front of him, and burning coals went out at his feet. He stood and measured the earth. He looked and made the nations jump. And the everlasting mountains were scattered and the ancient hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble, and the curtains of the land of Midian shaking. Was the Lord angry with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your fury against the sea, that you rode on your horses and your chariots of salvation? Your bow was pulled right out. You split the earth with rivers. The mountains saw you and shook. The flood of waters went past. The deep let its voice go and lifted its hands up high. The sun and the moon stood still in their place. Your arrows went out in the light, and your flashing spear shone. You marched through the land in anger. You threshed the nations in fury. You went out to save your people, to save your anointed. You struck the head out of the house of the wicked, laying it bare from the foundation to the neck. You ran his own spears through the head of his men, when they came out like a whirlwind to scatter me, celebrating like men eating up the poor in secret. You walked through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters. When I heard it, my belly shook. My lips quivered at the sound. Rot came into my bones, and I shook where I stood — so I could rest in the day of trouble, when he comes up against the people who'll come at us.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 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. 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. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 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. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 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? Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 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. 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. Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 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. 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. Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. 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.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Lord, I have heard what you've said, and I was afraid. Lord, bring your work to life again in our time; make it known in our time. In your anger, remember mercy.
Lord, I've heard what you've said and I was frightened. Lord, bring your work to life in the middle of the years. Make it known in the middle of the years. In anger remember mercy.
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.
God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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.
His brightness was like the light. He had horns coming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of his power.
And his brightness was like the light. He had rays coming out of his hand, and that's where his power was hidden.
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Before him went disease, and burning coals went out at his feet.
Plague went in front of him, and burning coals went out at his feet.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
He stood and measured the earth. He looked and drove the nations apart. The everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.
He stood and measured the earth. He looked and made the nations jump. And the everlasting mountains were scattered and the ancient hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.
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.
I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble, and the curtains of the land of Midian trembling.
I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble, and the curtains of the land of Midian shaking.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Was the Lord angry with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, your fury against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
Was the Lord angry with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your fury against the sea, that you rode on your horses and your chariots of salvation?
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?
Your bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even your word. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
Your bow was pulled right out. You split the earth with rivers.
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
The mountains saw you and writhed. The torrent of water swept past. The deep gave its voice and lifted its hands on high.
The mountains saw you and shook. The flood of waters went past. The deep let its voice go and lifted its hands up high.
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.
Sun and moon stood still in their place, at the light of your arrows as they flew, at the flash of your glittering spear.
The sun and the moon stood still in their place. Your arrows went out in the light, and your flashing spear shone.
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.
You marched through the land in anger. You threshed the nations in anger.
You marched through the land in anger. You threshed the nations in fury.
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, laying it bare from foundation to neck. Selah.
You went out to save your people, to save your anointed. You struck the head out of the house of the wicked, laying it bare from the foundation to the neck.
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.
You struck through the heads of his villages with his own weapons. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor secretly.
You ran his own spears through the head of his men, when they came out like a whirlwind to scatter me, celebrating like men eating up the poor in secret.
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.
You trod the sea with your horses, through the surge of great waters.
You walked through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters.
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
When I heard, my belly trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, so that I might rest in the day of trouble, when he comes up to the people and invades them with his troops.
When I heard it, my belly shook. My lips quivered at the sound. Rot came into my bones, and I shook where I stood — so I could rest in the day of trouble, when he comes up against the people who'll come at us.
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.
Even so, I'll celebrate
Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there is no fruit on the vines; though the olive crop fails, and the fields yield nothing to eat; though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls — yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength. He will make my feet like a deer's feet, and he will make me walk on my high places. To the chief singer, on my stringed instruments.
Though the fig tree doesn't blossom and there's no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields give no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there's no herd in the stalls — even so, I'll celebrate in the Lord. I'll be glad in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength. And he'll make my feet like a deer's and make me walk on my high places.
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: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 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.
Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there is no fruit on the vines; though the olive crop fails, and the fields yield nothing to eat; though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls —
Though the fig tree doesn't blossom and there's no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields give no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there's no herd in the stalls —
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:
yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad in the God of my salvation.
even so, I'll celebrate in the Lord. I'll be glad in the God of my salvation.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength. He will make my feet like a deer's feet, and he will make me walk on my high places. To the chief singer, on my stringed instruments.
The Lord God is my strength. And he'll make my feet like a deer's and make me walk on my high places.
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.