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Habakkuk 3 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Habakkuk’s Prayer
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:1 - This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk[fn]:
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - I have heard all about you, LORD.
I am filled with awe by your amazing works.
In this time of our deep need,
help us again as you did in years gone by.
And in your anger,
remember your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:3 - I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,[fn]
the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.[fn]
His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,
and the earth is filled with his praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:4 - His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.
Rays of light flash from his hands,
where his awesome power is hidden.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:5 - Pestilence marches before him;
plague follows close behind.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - When he stops, the earth shakes.
When he looks, the nations tremble.
He shatters the everlasting mountains
and levels the eternal hills.
He is the Eternal One!
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I see the people of Cushan in distress,
and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 - Was it in anger, LORD, that you struck the rivers
and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - The mountains watched and trembled.
Onward swept the raging waters.
The mighty deep cried out,
lifting its hands to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in the sky
as your brilliant arrows flew
and your glittering spear flashed.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:12 - You marched across the land in anger
and trampled the nations in your fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 - You went out to rescue your chosen people,
to save your anointed ones.
You crushed the heads of the wicked
and stripped their bones from head to toe.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - With his own weapons,
you destroyed the chief of those
who rushed out like a whirlwind,
thinking Israel would be easy prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:15 - You trampled the sea with your horses,
and the mighty waters piled high.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[fn]
and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:18 - yet I will rejoice in the LORD!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The Sovereign LORD is my strength!
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,[fn]
able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew adds according to shigionoth, probably indicating the musical setting for the prayer.
Hebrew Teman.
Hebrew adds selah; also in 3:9, 13. The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; it is probably a musical or literary term.
Hebrew Decay entered my bones.
Or He gives me the speed of a deer.
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