A prayer
of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
02 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was
afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of
the years, in the midst of the years make known;
in wrath remember mercy.
03 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from
mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the
heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
04 And his brightness was as the light; he had
horns coming out of his hand: and there was the
hiding of his power.
05 Before him went the pestilence, and burning
coals went forth at his feet.
06 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld,
and drove asunder the nations; and the
everlasting mountains were scattered, the
perpetual hills did bow: his ways are
everlasting.
07 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
08 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers?
was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath
against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine
horses and thy chariots of salvation?
09 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the
oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou
didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the
overflowing of the water passed by: the deep
uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on
high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their
habitation: at the light of thine arrows they
went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
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12 Thou didst march through the land in
indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in
anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy
people, even for salvation with thine anointed;
thou woundedst the head out of the house of the
wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the
neck. Selah.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the
head of his villages: they came out as a
whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as
to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine
horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips
quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my
bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might
rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up
unto the people, he will invade them with his
troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour
of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall
yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from
the fold, and there shall be no herd in the
stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in
the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make
my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to
walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer
on my stringed instruments.
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