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1. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. According to Shigionoth.
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1. A prayer H8605 of Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 upon H5921 Shigionoth H7692 .
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2. LORD, I have heard the report about You; LORD, I stand in awe of Your deeds. Revive Your work in these years; make it known in these years. In Your wrath remember mercy!
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2. O LORD H3068 , I have heard H8085 thy speech H8088 , and was afraid H3372 : O LORD H3068 , revive H2421 thy work H6467 in the midst H7130 of the years H8141 , in the midst H7130 of the years H8141 make known H3045 ; in wrath H7267 remember H2142 mercy H7355 .
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3. God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise.
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3. God H433 came H935 from Teman H4480 H8487 , and the Holy One H6918 from mount H4480 H2022 Paran H6290 . Selah H5542 . His glory H1935 covered H3680 the heavens H8064 , and the earth H776 was full H4390 of his praise H8416 .
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4. His brilliance is like light; rays are flashing from His hand. This is where His power is hidden.
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4. And his brightness H5051 was H1961 as the light H216 ; he had horns H7161 coming out of his hand H4480 H3027 : and there H8033 was the hiding H2253 of his power H5797 .
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5. Plague goes before Him, and pestilence follows in His steps.
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5. Before H6440 him went H1980 the pestilence H1698 , and burning coals H7565 went forth H3318 at his feet H7272 .
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6. He stands and shakes the earth; He looks and startles the nations. The age-old mountains break apart; the ancient hills sink down. His pathways are ancient.
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6. He stood H5975 , and measured H4128 the earth H776 : he beheld H7200 , and drove asunder H5425 the nations H1471 ; and the everlasting H5703 mountains H2042 were scattered H6327 , the perpetual H5769 hills H1389 did bow H7817 : his ways H1979 are everlasting H5769 .
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7. I see the tents of Cushan in distress; the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
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7. I saw H7200 the tents H168 of Cushan H3572 in H8478 affliction H205 : and the curtains H3407 of the land H776 of Midian H4080 did tremble H7264 .
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8. Are You angry at the rivers, LORD? Is Your wrath against the rivers? Or is Your rage against the sea when You ride on Your horses, Your victorious chariot?
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8. Was the LORD H3068 displeased H2734 against the rivers H5104 ? was thine anger H639 against the rivers H5104 ? was thy wrath H5678 against the sea H3220 , that H3588 thou didst ride H7392 upon H5921 thine horses H5483 and thy chariots H4818 of salvation H3444 ?
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9. You took the sheath from Your bow; the arrows are ready to be used with an oath. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
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9. Thy bow H7198 was made quite naked H5783 H6181 , according to the oaths H7621 of the tribes H4294 , even thy word H562 . Selah H5542 . Thou didst cleave H1234 the earth H776 with rivers H5104 .
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10. The mountains see You and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high.
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10. The mountains H2022 saw H7200 thee, and they trembled H2342 : the overflowing H2230 of the water H4325 passed by H5674 : the deep H8415 uttered H5414 his voice H6963 , and lifted up H5375 his hands H3027 on high H7315 .
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11. Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
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11. The sun H8121 and moon H3394 stood still H5975 in their habitation H2073 : at the light H216 of thine arrows H2671 they went H1980 , and at the shining H5051 of thy glittering H1300 spear H2595 .
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12. You march across the earth with indignation; You trample down the nations in wrath.
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12. Thou didst march through H6805 the land H776 in indignation H2195 , thou didst thresh H1758 the heathen H1471 in anger H639 .
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13. You come out to save Your people, to save Your anointed. You crush the leader of the house of the wicked and strip him from foot to neck. Selah
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13. Thou wentest forth H3318 for the salvation H3468 of thy people H5971 , even for salvation H3468 with H854 thine anointed H4899 ; thou woundedst H4272 the head H7218 out of the house H4480 H1004 of the wicked H7563 , by discovering H6168 the foundation H3247 unto H5704 the neck H6677 . Selah H5542 .
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14. You pierce his head with his own spears; his warriors storm out to scatter us, gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
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14. Thou didst strike through H5344 with his staves H4294 the head H7218 of his villages H6518 : they came out as a whirlwind H5590 to scatter H6327 me : their rejoicing H5951 was as H3644 to devour H398 the poor H6041 secretly H4565 .
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15. You tread the sea with Your horses, stirring up the great waters.
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15. Thou didst walk H1869 through the sea H3220 with thine horses H5483 , through the heap H2563 of great H7227 waters H4325 .
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16. I heard, and I trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress to come against the people invading us.
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16. When I heard H8085 , my belly H990 trembled H7264 ; my lips H8193 quivered H6750 at the voice H6963 : rottenness H7538 entered H935 into my bones H6106 , and I trembled H7264 in H8478 myself, that H834 I might rest H5117 in the day H3117 of trouble H6869 : when he cometh up H5927 unto the people H5971 , he will invade H1464 them with his troops.
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17. Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
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17. Although H3588 the fig tree H8384 shall not H3808 blossom H6524 , neither H369 shall fruit H2981 be in the vines H1612 ; the labor H4639 of the olive H2132 shall fail H3584 , and the fields H7709 shall yield H6213 no H3808 meat H400 ; the flock H6629 shall be cut off H1504 from the fold H4480 H4356 , and there shall be no H369 herd H1241 in the stalls H7517 :
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18. yet I will triumph in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
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18. Yet I H589 will rejoice H5937 in the LORD H3068 , I will joy H1523 in the God H430 of my salvation H3468 .
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19. Yahweh my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on stringed instruments.
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19. The LORD H3068 God H136 is my strength H2428 , and he will make H7760 my feet H7272 like hinds H355 ' feet , and he will make me to walk H1869 upon H5921 mine high places H1116 . To the chief singer H5329 on my stringed instruments H5058 .
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