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

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:

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 Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember 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 from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.

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

And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.

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

Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at 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 hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old His.

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

Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.

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?

Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers Thine anger? Against the sea Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses -- Thy chariots of salvation?

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

Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes -- saying, `Pause!' rivers Thou dost cleave 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.

Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

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.

Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.

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

In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.

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.

Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. Pause!

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.

Thou hast pierced with his staves the head of his leaders, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation as to consume the poor in secret.

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

Thou hast proceeded through the sea with Thy horses -- the clay of many 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 have heard, and my belly trembleth, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness doth come into my bones, And in my place I do tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcometh it.

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 doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.

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

Yet I, in Jehovah I exult, I do joy 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.

Jehovah the Lord my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!