Habakkuk’s Prayer
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth: 1 Psa 7:1-17Psa 86:1-17Psa 90:1-17
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; Psa 85:6Psa 90:13-17Hos 6:2-3Isa 51:9-11Lam 3:32Hab 3:16Isa 54:8Isa 63:15
I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds.
Revive them in these years;
make them known in these years.
In Your wrath, remember mercy!
God came from Teman, Deu 33:2Amo 1:12Oba 1:9Psa 4:4Isa 6:3Jer 49:7Psa 68:17Rev 5:13-14
and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
Selah 2
His glory covered the heavens,
and His praise filled the earth.
His radiance was like the sunlight; Mat 17:2Isa 60:19-20Exo 14:20Job 26:14Rev 22:51Ti 6:16Psa 104:2Exo 13:21
rays flashed from His hand,
where His power is hidden.
Plague went before Him, Exo 12:29-30Nam 1:2-3Num 16:46-49Deu 32:24Num 14:12Psa 18:7-13Psa 78:50-51
and fever followed in His steps.
He stood and measured the earth; Gen 49:26Nam 1:5Deu 33:15Isa 51:6Isa 64:1-3Jos 11:18-23Mic 5:8Zec 14:4-5
He looked and startled the nations;
the ancient mountains crumbled;
the perpetual hills collapsed.
His ways are everlasting.
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; Exo 15:14-16Gen 10:6-7Gen 25:1-4Jdg 7:24-25Jos 2:10Jos 9:24Num 22:3-4Num 31:2-12
the curtains of Midian were trembling.
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Psa 68:17Deu 33:26-27Exo 14:21-22Isa 50:2Psa 114:3Psa 114:5Psa 18:10Hab 3:15
Was Your wrath against the streams?
Did You rage against the sea
when You rode on Your horses,
on Your chariots of salvation?
You brandished Your bow; Psa 7:12-13Psa 105:41Psa 78:15-16Luk 1:72-751Co 10:4Deu 32:23Exo 17:6Heb 6:13-18
You called for many arrows.
Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
The mountains saw You and quaked; Isa 43:20Jer 4:24Jos 4:23-24Psa 93:3Psa 98:7-8Heb 11:29Jos 4:18Exo 19:16-18
torrents of water swept by.
The deep roared with its voice
and lifted its hands on high.
Sun and moon stood still Psa 144:5-6Jos 10:11-13Psa 18:12-14Isa 28:21Isa 38:8Psa 19:4Psa 77:17-18
in their places
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.
You marched across the earth with fury; Jer 51:33Mic 4:12-13Act 13:19Amo 1:3Isa 41:15Jos 6:1-12Neh 9:22-24Num 21:23-35
You threshed the nations in wrath.
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, Psa 110:6Psa 105:15Exo 14:13-14Exo 15:1-2Jos 10:11Jos 10:24Jos 10:42Jos 11:12
to save Your anointed.
You crushed the head of the house of the wicked
and stripped him from head to toe.
Selah
With his own spear You pierced his head, Zec 9:14Dan 11:40Psa 118:10-12Exo 1:10-16Exo 1:22Exo 11:4-7Exo 12:12-13Exo 12:29-30
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though ready
to secretly devour the weak.
You trampled the sea with Your horses, Psa 77:19Hab 3:8Exo 15:8
churning the great waters.
I heard and trembled within; Jer 23:9Dan 10:8Hab 1:5-11Hab 3:22Th 1:6-9Jer 25:9-11Jer 45:3-5Psa 119:120
my lips quivered at the sound.
Decay entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress
to come upon the people who invade us.
Habakkuk Rejoices
Though the fig tree does not bud Jer 5:17Jol 1:16-18Amo 4:6-10Deu 28:15-18Deu 28:30-41Hag 2:16-17Jer 14:2-8Jol 1:10-13
and no fruit is on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though the sheep are cut off from the fold
and no cattle are in the stalls,
yet I will exult in the LORD; Job 13:15Mic 7:7Php 4:4Isa 61:10Isa 12:2Rom 5:2-3Psa 25:5Psa 46:1-5
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
GOD the Lord is my strength; 2Sa 22:34Psa 18:33Php 4:13Psa 46:1Deu 32:13Psa 27:12Co 12:9-10Isa 58:14
He makes my feet like those of a deer;
He makes me walk upon the heights!
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.