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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Habakkuk 3 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/habakkuk/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/habakkuk/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Habakkuk 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/habakkuk/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Habakkuk’s Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On <span class="foreign">shigionoth</span>. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a literary or musical term">a</a></sup></span> </p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, I have heard of your fame;</p><p class="line2">I stand in awe of your deeds, <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line1">Repeat them in our day,</p><p class="line2">in our time make them known;</p><p class="line2">in wrath remember mercy.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God came from Teman,</p><p class="line2">the Holy One from Mount Paran. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.">b</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">His glory covered the heavens</p><p class="line2">and his praise filled the earth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His splendor was like the sunrise;</p><p class="line2">rays flashed from his hand,</p><p class="line2">where his power was hidden.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Plague went before him;</p><p class="line2">pestilence followed his steps.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He stood, and shook the earth;</p><p class="line2">he looked, and made the nations tremble.</p><p class="line1">The ancient mountains crumbled</p><p class="line2">and the age-old hills collapsed—</p><p class="line2">but he marches on forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,</p><p class="line2">the dwellings of Midian in anguish.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Were you angry with the rivers, <span class="name">Lord</span>?</p><p class="line2">Was your wrath against the streams?</p><p class="line1">Did you rage against the sea</p><p class="line2">when you rode your horses</p><p class="line2">and your chariots to victory?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You uncovered your bow,</p><p class="line2">you called for many arrows.</p><p class="line1">You split the earth with rivers;</p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the mountains saw you and writhed.</p><p class="line1">Torrents of water swept by;</p><p class="line2">the deep roared</p><p class="line2">and lifted its waves on high.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Sun and moon stood still in the heavens</p><p class="line2">at the glint of your flying arrows,</p><p class="line2">at the lightning of your flashing spear.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>In wrath you strode through the earth</p><p class="line2">and in anger you threshed the nations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You came out to deliver your people,</p><p class="line2">to save your anointed one.</p><p class="line1">You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,</p><p class="line2">you stripped him from head to foot.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With his own spear you pierced his head</p><p class="line2">when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,</p><p class="line1">gloating as though about to devour</p><p class="line2">the wretched who were in hiding.</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">churning the great waters.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I heard and my heart pounded,</p><p class="line2">my lips quivered at the sound;</p><p class="line1">decay crept into my bones,</p><p class="line2">and my legs trembled.</p><p class="line1">Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity</p><p class="line2">to come on the nation invading us.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Though the fig tree does not bud</p><p class="line2">and there are no grapes on the vines,</p><p class="line1">though the olive crop fails</p><p class="line2">and the fields produce no food,</p><p class="line1">though there are no sheep in the pen</p><p class="line2">and no cattle in the stalls,</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 <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">I will be joyful in God my Savior.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> is my strength;</p><p class="line2">he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,</p><p class="line2">he enables me to tread on the heights.</p></div><p class="hebrewtitle">For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Probably a literary or musical term</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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