1 ¶ A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, because of all the ignorance.

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to wild, enthusiastic, and triumphal music.

2 O LORD, I have heard thy word and was afraid; O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the times; in the midst of the times make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, I have heard the report of You and was afraid. O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known! In wrath remember love, pity, and mercy.

3 ¶ God shall come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was filled with his praise.

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.

4 A nd his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand; and there was hidden his strength.

And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there was the hiding place of His power.

5 B efore his face went mortality, and burning coals went forth from his feet.

Before Him went the pestilence, and burning plague followed His feet.

6 H e stood and measured the earth; he beheld and drove out the Gentiles; and the ancient mountains crumbled, the ancient hills; the ways of the world bowed unto him.

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook the nations, and the eternal mountains were scattered and the perpetual hills bowed low. His ways are everlasting and His goings are of old.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan as nothing, and the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

8 O h LORD, wast thou displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath even against the sea when thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of saving health?

Were You displeased with the rivers, O Lord? Or was Your anger against the rivers ? Was Your wrath against the Sea, that You rode upon Your horses and Your chariots of victory and deliverance?

9 T hy bow was entirely uncovered, and the oaths unto the tribes, eternal word, when thou didst divide the earth with rivers.

Your bow was made quite bare; sworn to the tribes by Your sure word were the rods of chastisement, scourges, and calamities. Selah! With rivers You cleaved the earth.

10 T he mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the waters passed by; the abyss uttered its voice; the deep lifted up its hands.

The mountains saw You; they trembled and writhed. The overflowing of the water passed by; the deep uttered its voice and lifted its hands on high.

11 T he sun and the moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

The sun and moon stood back in their habitation at the light of Your arrows as they sped, at the flash of Your glittering spear.

12 T hou didst tread upon the land in wrath; thou didst thresh the Gentiles in anger.

You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled and threshed the nations in anger.

13 T hou didst go forth to save thy people, to save with thine anointed; thou didst shatter the head of the house of the wicked by uncovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

You went forth and have come for the salvation of Your people, for the deliverance and victory of Your anointed; You smote the head of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah!

14 T hou didst strike through with his staffs the heads of his villages, who as a whirlwind attempted to scatter me; their pride was as to devour the poor secretly.

You pierced with his own arrows the head of hordes; they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor secretly.

15 T hou didst make a way through the sea for thine horses through the heap of great waters.

You have trodden the sea with Your horses, the heap of great and surging waters.

16 ¶ When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my seat, that I might rest in the day of trouble when he comes up unto the people to destroy them.

I heard and my trembled; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones and under me; I tremble. I will wait quietly for the day of trouble and distress when there shall come up against people him who is about to invade and oppress them.

17 B ecause the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labour of the olive shall lie, and the cultivated fields shall yield no food; the sheep shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

18 y et I will rejoice in the LORD; I will joy in the God of my saving health.

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation!

19 T he LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and upon my high places he will cause me to walk victorious in my instruments of music.

The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk and make progress upon my high places! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.