“1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 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 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. 4 And
[his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his
hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the
pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 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. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and]
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 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? 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. 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. 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. 12 Thou didst march
through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
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. 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. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine
horses, [through] the heap of great waters.”
“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. 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: 18 Yet I will
rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 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.” (Habakkuk 3:1-19 AV)