Habakkuk 3
A Prayer of Habakkuk
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet , set to Shigionoth . 2O Jehovah , I have heard the report of thee , and am afraid : O Jehovah , revive thy work in the midst of the years ; In the midst of the years make it known ; In wrath remember mercy . 3God came from Teman , And the Holy One from mount Paran . [ Selah His glory covered the heavens , And the earth was full of his praise . 4And his brightness was as the light ; He had rays coming forth from his hand ; And there was the hiding of his power . 5Before him went the pestilence , And fiery bolts went forth at his feet . 6He stood , and measured the earth; He beheld , and drove asunder the nations ; And the eternal mountains were scattered ; The everlasting hills did bow ; His goings were as of old . 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble . 8Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers ? Was thine anger against the rivers , Or thy wrath against the sea , That thou didst ride upon thy horses , Upon thy chariots of salvation ? 9Thy bow was made quite bare ; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. [ Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers . 10The mountains saw thee , and were afraid ; The tempest of waters passed by ; The deep uttered its voice , And lifted up its hands on high . 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation , At the light of thine arrows as they went , At the shining of thy glittering spear . 12Thou didst march through the land in indignation ; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger . 13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people , For the salvation of thine anointed ; Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked man , Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck . [ Selah 14Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me ; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly . 15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses , The heap of mighty waters . 16I heard , and my body trembled , My lips quivered at the voice ; Rottenness entereth into my bones , and I tremble in my place ; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble , For the coming up of the people that invadeth us . 17For though the fig-tree shall not flourish , Neither shall fruit be in the vines ; The labor of the olive shall fail , And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold , And there shall be no herd in the stalls : 18Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah , I will joy in the God of my salvation .