1 ه َذِهِ صَلاةُ حَبَقُّوقَ النَّبِيِّ بِحَسَبِ الرؤيا الَّتي رآها:

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

2 ي ا اللهُ ، سَمِعْتُ صِيتَكَ الذّائِعَ. سَمِعْتُ فَارْتَعْتُ مِنْ أعمالِكَ يا اللهُ. لَكِنْ خِلالَ سِنينِ حَياتِنا أحْيِ ذِكرَكَ، خِلالَ سِنينِ حَياتِنا. وَإذا غَضِبْتَ مِنّا، تَذَكَّرْ رَحْمَتَكَ. سِلاهْ

Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

3 ا للهُ يَأتِي مِنْ تِيمانَ، القُدُّوسُ مِنْ جَبَلِ فارانَ. سِلاهْ مَجْدُهُ يُغَطِّي السَّماءَ، وَالأرْضُ مُمتَلِئَةٌ بِتَرانِيمِ التَّسبِيحِ لَهُ.

God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.

4 ي َأتِي اللَّمَعانُ كَالبَرقِ، وَمَعَهُ شُعاعُ بَرقٍ فِي يَدِهِ لَهُ شُعبَتانِ. يُخفِي قُوَّتَهُ.

His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.

5 ي َسِيرُ الوَباءُ أمامَهُ، وَالحُمَّى تَخرُجُ عِندَ قَدَمَيهِ.

Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.

6 و َقَفَ وَهَزَّ الأرْضَ، نَظَرَ فَاهتَزَّتِ الأُمَمُ مُرتَعِبَةً. تَحَطَّمَتِ الجِبالُ القَدِيمَةُ، وَالتِّلالُ العَتِيقَةُ هَبَطَتْ. يَسلُكُ السُّبُلَ الَّتِي سَلَكَها قَدِيماً.

He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

7 ب َدَلاً مِنَ الظُّلمِ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ، تَرتَجِفُ خِيامُ كُوشانَ، وَسَتائِرُ خِيامِ أِرضِ مِدْيانَ كَذَلِكَ.

I saw the tents of Cushan under distress, The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

8 ي ا اللهُ ، هَلِ اشتَعَلَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى الأنهارِ؟ هَلْ حَمِيَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى الأنهارِ، وَسَخَطُكَ عَلَى البَحْرِ؟ ألِهَذا تَركَبُ عَلَى خُيُولٍ وَمَركَباتٍ لِأجلِ الانْتِصارِ؟

Did the Lord rage against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation?

9 ت ُخرِجُ قَوسَكَ مِنْ كِنانَتِهِ، وَتَملأُهُ بِسِهامٍ لا تُحْصَى. سِلاهْ تَشُقُّ الأرْضَ بِالأودِيَةِ.

Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.

10 ر َأتْكَ الجِبالُ فَتَلَوَّتْ مِنَ الألَمِ. سَكَبَتِ الغُيُومُ الثَّقِيلَةُ مِياهَها، وَأعماقُ المُحِيطاتِ زَمْجَرَتْ حِينَ رَفَعَتْ أيدِيها لِلإحاطَةِ بِاليابِسَةِ.

The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands.

11 ا لشَّمْسُ وَالقَمَرُ وَقَفا فِي مَسكَنِهِما المُرتَفِعِ. النُّورُ الوَحِيدُ هُوَ نُورُ سِهامِكَ الطّائِرَةِ، بَرِيقُ رُمحِكَ يُنِيرُ السَّماءَ.

Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.

12 ت َدُوسُ الأرْضَ بِسَخَطٍ، وَتَسْحَقُ الأُمَمَ بِغَضَبٍ.

In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations.

13 خ َرَجْتَ لِتُنقِذَ شَعبَكَ، لِتُنقِذَ المَلِكَ الَّذِي مَسَحْتَهُ. ضَرَبْتَ قائِدَ الأشرارِ، وَنَزَعْتَ جِلْدَهُ مِنْ أسفَلِ ظَهرِهِ إلَى عُنُقِهِ. سِلاهْ

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.

14 ط َعَنْتَ بِسِهامِهِ قائِدَ جُنُودِهِ الَّذِينَ هَجَمُوا عَلَيْنا كَعاصِفَةٍ لِيُبَدِّدُونا. احتَفَلُوا كَمَنْ يَفرَحُ بِالتِهامِ مِسكِينٍ فِي الخَفاءِ.

You pierced with his own spears The head of his throngs. They stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret.

15 د ُسْتَ عَلَى البَحرِ بِخَيلِكَ فَهَيَّجْتَ المِياهَ العَظِيمَةَ.

You trampled on the sea with Your horses, On the surge of many waters.

16 س َمِعْتُ هَذا، فَارتَعَبَتْ أحشائِي. ارتَجَفَتْ شَفَتايَ عِندَ سَماعِ الصَّوتِ. شَعَرْتُ كَأنَّ النَّخْرَ يَدخُلُ إلَى عِظامِي، ارتَجَفَتْ رِجلايَ تَحتِي. سَأنتَظِرُ بِصَبْرٍ مَجِيءَ وَقتِ الضِّيقِ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُهاجِمُونَنا.

I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade us.

17 ف ِإنْ كانَ شَجَرُ التِّينِ لا يُزْهِرُ، وَلا تُنتِجُ الكُرُومُ عِنَباً، وَإنْ ذَبُلَ شَجَرُ الزَّيتُونِ، وَلَمْ تُعطِ الحُقُولُ طَعاماً، وَإنْ فَرَغَتْ حَظِيرةُ الغَنَمِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَقَرٌ فِي الزَّرائِبِ،

Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls,

18 ف َإنَّنِي سَأفرَحُ بِاللهِ ، وَأبْتَهِجُ بِاللهِ الّذِي يُخَلِّصُنِي.

Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

19 ا للهُ رَبِّي هُوَ قُوَّتِي. يَجعَلُ قَدَمَيَّ كَقَدَمَي غَزالٍ، فَأمشِيَ عَلَى المُرتَفَعاتِ. لِقائِدِ التَّسبِيحِ، عَلَى الآلاتِ الوَتَرِيَّةِ.

The Lord God is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.