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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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="/bmc//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="/habakkuk/">Habakkuk</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/habakkuk/3.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/habakkuk/3.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/3.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/3.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Habakkuk’s Prayer<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>O LORD, I have heard the report of You; <p class="indent2"> I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. <p class="indent1"> Revive them in these years; <p class="indent2"> make them known in these years. <p class="indent2"> In Your wrath, remember mercy! <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God came from Teman, <p class="indent2"> and the Holy One from Mount Paran. <p class="selah"> Selah<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1"> His glory covered the heavens, <p class="indent2"> and His praise filled the earth. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His radiance was like the sunlight; <p class="indent2"> rays flashed from His hand, <p class="indent2"> where His power is hidden. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Plague went before Him, <p class="indent2"> and fever followed in His steps. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He stood and measured the earth; <p class="indent2"> He looked and startled the nations; <p class="indent1"> the ancient mountains crumbled; <p class="indent2"> the perpetual hills collapsed. <p class="indent2"> His ways are everlasting. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; <p class="indent2"> the curtains of Midian were trembling. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? <p class="indent2"> Was Your wrath against the streams? <p class="indent1"> Did You rage against the sea <p class="indent2"> when You rode on Your horses, <p class="indent2"> on Your chariots of salvation? <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You brandished Your bow; <p class="indent2"> You called for many arrows. <p class="selah"> Selah <p class="indent2"> You split the earth with rivers. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The mountains saw You and quaked; <p class="indent2"> torrents of water swept by. <p class="indent1"> The deep roared with its voice <p class="indent2"> and lifted its hands on high. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Sun and moon stood still <p class="indent2"> in their places <p class="indent1"> at the flash of Your flying arrows, <p class="indent2"> at the brightness of Your shining spear. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You marched across the earth with fury; <p class="indent2"> You threshed the nations in wrath. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You went forth for the salvation of Your people, <p class="indent2"> to save Your anointed. <p class="indent1"> You crushed the head of the house of the wicked <p class="indent2"> and stripped him from head to toe. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With his own spear You pierced his head, <p class="indent2"> when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, <p class="indent1"> gloating as though ready <p class="indent2"> to secretly devour the weak. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You trampled the sea with Your horses, <p class="indent2"> churning the great waters. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I heard and trembled within; <p class="indent2"> my lips quivered at the sound. <p class="indent1"> Decay entered my bones; <p class="indent2"> I trembled where I stood. <p class="indent1"> Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress <p class="indent2"> to come upon the people who invade us. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Habakkuk Rejoices<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Though the fig tree does not bud <p class="indent2"> and no fruit is on the vines, <p class="indent1"> though the olive crop fails <p class="indent2"> and the fields produce no food, <p class="indent1"> though the sheep are cut off from the fold <p class="indent2"> and no cattle are in the stalls, <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>yet I will exult in the LORD; <p class="indent2"> I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>GOD the Lord is my strength; <p class="indent2"> He makes my feet like those of a deer; <p class="indent2"> He makes me walk upon the heights! <p class="pshdg"> For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Shigionoth</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a musical term indicating the setting for the prayer.<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>Selah</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>Interlude</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a musical or literary term; also in verses 9 and 13.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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