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href="../habakkuk/2.htm" title="Habakkuk 2">◄</a> Habakkuk 3 <a href="../zephaniah/1.htm" title="Zephaniah 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/habakkuk/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Habakkuk’s Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I have heard all about you, LORD.</p><p class="line2">I am filled with awe by your amazing works.</p><p class="line1">In this time of our deep need,</p><p class="line2">help us again as you did in years gone by.</p><p class="line1">And in your anger,</p><p class="line2">remember your mercy.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1">His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,</p><p class="line2">and the earth is filled with his praise.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.</p><p class="line2">Rays of light flash from his hands,</p><p class="line2">where his awesome power is hidden.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Pestilence marches before him;</p><p class="line2">plague follows close behind.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When he stops, the earth shakes.</p><p class="line2">When he looks, the nations tremble.</p><p class="line1">He shatters the everlasting mountains</p><p class="line2">and levels the eternal hills.</p><p class="line2">He is the Eternal One!<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I see the people of Cushan in distress,</p><p class="line2">and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Was it in anger, LORD, that you struck the rivers</p><p class="line2">and parted the sea?</p><p class="line1">Were you displeased with them?</p><p class="line2">No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You brandished your bow</p><p class="line2">and your quiver of arrows.</p><p class="line2">You split open the earth with flowing rivers.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The mountains watched and trembled.</p><p class="line2">Onward swept the raging waters.</p><p class="line1">The mighty deep cried out,</p><p class="line2">lifting its hands in submission.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The sun and moon stood still in the sky</p><p class="line2">as your brilliant arrows flew</p><p class="line2">and your glittering spear flashed.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You marched across the land in anger</p><p class="line2">and trampled the nations in your fury.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You went out to rescue your chosen people,</p><p class="line2">to save your anointed ones.</p><p class="line1">You crushed the heads of the wicked</p><p class="line2">and stripped their bones from head to toe.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With his own weapons,</p><p class="line2">you destroyed the chief of those</p><p class="line1">who rushed out like a whirlwind,</p><p class="line2">thinking Israel would be easy prey.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You trampled the sea with your horses,</p><p class="line2">and the mighty waters piled high.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I trembled inside when I heard this;</p><p class="line2">my lips quivered with fear.</p><p class="line1">My legs gave way beneath me,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="line2">and I shook in terror.</p><p class="line1">I will wait quietly for the coming day</p><p class="line2">when disaster will strike the people who invade us.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,</p><p class="line2">and there are no grapes on the vines;</p><p class="line1">even though the olive crop fails,</p><p class="line2">and the fields lie empty and barren;</p><p class="line1">even though the flocks die in the fields,</p><p class="line2">and the cattle barns are empty,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>yet I will rejoice in the LORD!</p><p class="line2">I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Sovereign LORD is my strength!</p><p class="line2">He makes me as surefooted as a deer,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="line2">able to tread upon the heights.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m">(For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew adds </span><span class="it">according to shigionoth,</span><span class="ft"> probably indicating the musical setting for the prayer.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:3a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Teman.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:3b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew adds </span><span class="it">selah;</span><span class="ft"> also in 3:9, 13. The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; it is probably a musical or literary term.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">The ancient paths belong to him.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Decay entered my bones.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">He gives me the speed of a deer.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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