IV.
The prophet's song to Jehovah in prayer, lauding, and trusting in Him
3:1-19
A.
In prayer
vv. 1-2
Hab. 3
:1
3:1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet in
1shigionoth.
Hab. 3
:2
3:2
O Jehovah, I have heard the report concerning You
and am afraid.
O Jehovah,
1arevive Your work
In the midst of the years;
In the midst of the years make
it known;
In wrath remember compassion.
B.
In lauding
vv. 3-15
Hab. 3
:3
3:3
God comes from Teman,
Even the
aHoly One from Mount Paran.
1Selah His splendor covers the heavens,
And the earth is filled with His praise.
Hab. 3
:4
3:4
And His brightness is like the light:
Rays
come forth from His hand,
And the hiding of His power is there.
Hab. 3
:5
3:5
Before Him goes pestilence,
And the
afire bolt comes forth at His feet.
Hab. 3
:6
3:6
He stands and
1measures the earth;
He looks and startles the nations;
And the ancient mountains are
ashattered into dust,
And the everlasting hills sink down;
His goings are eternal.
Hab. 3
:7
3:7
I see the tents of
1Cushan Under affliction;
The tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
Hab. 3
:8
3:8
Is it against the rivers, O Jehovah,
Against the rivers that Your anger is kindled?
Is Your overflowing wrath against the sea
That You
aride upon Your horses,
Upon Your chariots of salvation?
Hab. 3
:9
3:9
Your bow is bared utterly;
The rods
of discipline are sworn according to
Your word.
Selah You cleave the earth with rivers.
Hab. 3
:10
3:10
The mountains see you; they
awrithe;
The tempest of water passes by;
The deep utters its voice,
It lifts its hands high.
Hab. 3
:11
3:11
The sun
and the moon stand
astill in their high abode
At the light of Your arrows going forth,
At the brightness of Your glittering spear.
Hab. 3
:12
3:12
In wrath You march through the earth,
In anger You
athresh the nations.
Hab. 3
:13
3:13
You go forth for the
asalvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your anointed one,
You strike the head from the house of the wicked one,
Laying bare the foundation, even to the neck.
Selah
Hab. 3
:14
3:14
You pierce, with his own staves,
The heads of his warriors.
They come out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their exultation is as if to devour the poor in secret.
Hab. 3
:15
3:15
You tread the sea with Your horses,
The heap of mighty waters.
C.
In trusting in Jehovah
vv. 16-19
Hab. 3
:16
3:16
I heard and my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones,
And I tremble in my place,
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
When
1he who attacks comes up against the people.
Hab. 3
:17
3:17
For the fig tree will not sprout,
And there will be no yield on the vines;
The labor on the olive tree will fail,
And the fields will make no food;
The flock will be cut off from the fold,
And there will be no herd in the stalls.
Hab. 3
:18
3:18
Yet I will
aexult in Jehovah;
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
Hab. 3
:19
3:19
Jehovah the Lord is my
astrength;
And He makes my feet like
bhinds’
feet And will cause me to walk on my
chigh places.
For the choir director, with
1my stringed instruments.
