Habakkuk's Prayer

Habakkuk 3

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

2 O Lord, x I have heard the report of you,
and y your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years z revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
a in wrath remember mercy.
 3 God came from b Teman,
c and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise. Selah
 4 d His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
 5 e Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed f at his heels. 1
6 He stood g and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the h eternal mountains i were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were j the everlasting ways.
 7 I saw the tents of k Cushan in affliction;
l the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
 8 m Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
m or your indignation against the sea,
n when you rode on your horses,
n on your chariot of salvation?
 9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. 2 Selah
p You split the earth with rivers.
 10 q The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
r the deep gave forth its voice;
s it lifted its hands on high.
 11 t The sun and moon stood still in their place
u at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
 12 v You marched through the earth in fury;
w you threshed the nations in anger.
 13 v You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of x your anointed.
y You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck. 3 Selah
 14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
 15 z You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.

16 a I hear, and b my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
c rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet d I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.

  1. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:16
    I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
    Psalms 44:1
    O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 90:16
    Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 85:6
    Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 77:9
    Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:45
    Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:27
    And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:35
    And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
    Exodus 12:29 - 30
    At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
    1 Chronicles 21:11 - 15
    So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Choose what you will:
  9. Cross References
    Job 18:11
    Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 60:6
    God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 49:26
    The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
    Deuteronomy 33:15
    With the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills.
  12. Cross References
    Micah 1:4
    And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
    Nahum 1:5
    The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:9
    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
  14. Cross References
    Judges 3:8
    Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
  15. Cross References
    Judges 8:19 - 21
    And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 114:5
    What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 114:5
    What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:26 - 27
    There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides t...
    Psalms 18:10
    He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly o...
    Psalms 68:4
    Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up ...
    Psalms 68:17
    The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, tho...
    Psalms 104:3
    He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters...
    Isaiah 19:1
    An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is...
    Isaiah 66:15
    For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his...
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:26 - 27
    There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides t...
    Psalms 18:10
    He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly o...
    Psalms 68:4
    Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up ...
    Psalms 68:17
    The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, tho...
    Psalms 104:3
    He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters...
    Isaiah 19:1
    An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is...
    Isaiah 66:15
    For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his...
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 78:15 - 16
    He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 19:18
    Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
    Judges 5:5
    The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 93:3
    The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 14:22
    And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
    Exodus 15:8
    At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
  24. Cross References
    Joshua 10:12 - 13
    At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.
  25. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:5
    Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels.
    2 Samuel 22:15
    And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 10:42
    And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
  27. Cross References
    Micah 4:12 - 13
    But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord ; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
  28. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:12
    You marched through the earth in fury; you threshed the nations in anger.
  29. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:22
    Saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!
    Psalms 105:15
    Saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 68:21
    But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
    Psalms 110:6
    He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 77:19
    Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.
  32. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:2
    O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:19
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
  34. Cross References
    Proverbs 12:4
    An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 94:13
    To give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
    Isaiah 14:3 - 4
    When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve.
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