1 O ração do profeta Habacuque. Uma confissão.

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

2 S enhor, ouvi falar da tua fama; tremo diante dos teus atos, Senhor. Realiza de novo, em nossa época, as mesmas obras, faze-as conhecidas em nosso tempo; em tua ira, lembra-te da misericórdia.

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 D eus veio de Temã, o Santo veio do monte Parã. Pausa Sua glória cobriu os céus e seu louvor encheu a terra.

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 S eu esplendor era como a luz do sol; raios lampejavam de sua mão, onde se escondia o seu poder.

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

5 P ragas iam adiante dele; doenças terríveis seguiam os seus passos.

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

6 E le parou, e a terra tremeu; olhou, e fez estremecer as nações. Montes antigos se desmancharam; colinas antiqüíssimas se desfizeram. Os caminhos dele são eternos.

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 V i a aflição das tendas de Cuchã; tremiam as cortinas das tendas de Midiã.

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

8 E ra com os rios que estavas irado, Senhor? Era contra os riachos o teu furor? Foi contra o mar que a tua fúria transbordou quando cavalgaste com os teus cavalos e com os teus carros vitoriosos?

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 P reparaste o teu arco; pediste muitas flechas. Pausa Fendeste a terra com rios;

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 o s montes te viram e se contorceram. Torrentes de água desceram com violência; o abismo estrondou, erguendo as suas ondas.

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 O sol e a lua pararam em suas moradas, diante do reflexo de tuas flechas voadoras, diante do lampejo de tua lança reluzente.

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 C om ira andaste a passos largos por toda a terra e com indignação pisoteaste as nações.

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

13 S aíste para salvar o teu povo, para libertar o teu ungido. Esmagaste o líder da nação ímpia, tu o desnudaste da cabeça aos pés. Pausa

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 C om as suas próprias flechas lhe atravessaste a cabeça, quando os seus guerreiros saíram como um furacão para nos espalhar com maldoso prazer, como se estivessem prestes a devorar o necessitado em seu esconderijo.

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 P isaste o mar com teus cavalos, agitando as grandes águas.

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

16 O uvi isso, e o meu íntimo estremeceu, meus lábios tremeram; os meus ossos desfaleceram; minhas pernas vacilavam. Tranqüilo esperarei o dia da desgraça, que virá sobre o povo que nos ataca.

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 M esmo não florescendo a figueira, e não havendo uvas nas videiras, mesmo falhando a safra de azeitonas, não havendo produção de alimento nas lavouras, nem ovelhas no curral nem bois nos estábulos,

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 a inda assim eu exultarei no Senhor e me alegrarei no Deus da minha salvação.

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

19 O Senhor, o Soberano, é a minha força; ele faz os meus pés como os do cervo; faz-me andar em lugares altos. Para o mestre de música. Para os meus instrumentos de cordas.

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.