Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 19

Habakkuk 3

Habakkuk’s Prayer

¹ A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth . ^[a]

² LORD, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD.
Renew them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.

³ God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.
Selah ^[b]
His glory covered the heavens
and his praise filled the earth.

⁴ His splendor was like the sunrise;
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power was hidden.

⁵ Plague went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.

⁶ He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled
and the age-old hills collapsed.
His ways are eternal.

⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

⁸ Were you angry with the rivers, O LORD ?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
when you rode with your horses
and your victorious chariots?

⁹ You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.
Selah
You split the earth with rivers;

¹⁰ the mountains saw you and writhed.
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared
and lifted its waves on high.

¹¹ Sun and moon stood still in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,
at the lightning of your flashing spear.

¹² In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed the nations.

¹³ You came out to deliver your people,
to save your anointed one.
You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
Selah

¹⁴ With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched who were in hiding.

¹⁵ You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning the great waters.

Footnotes:

1. Habakkuk 3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
2. Habakkuk 3:3 A word of uncertain meaning; possibly a musical term; also in verses 9 and 13

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.