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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Prayer of Habakkuk</h3><p class="par"><span class="v35_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.1" class="v35_3_1">1</span>This is a prayer of the prophet Habakkuk:<a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.2" class="v35_3_2">2</span>O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, I have heard of what you have done,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_2">and I am filled with awe.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_2">Now do again in our times</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_2">the great deeds you used to do.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_2">Be merciful, even when you are angry.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.3" class="v35_3_3">3</span>God is coming again from Edom;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_3">the holy God is coming from the hills of Paran.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_3">His splendor covers the heavens,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_3">and the earth is full of his praise.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.4" class="v35_3_4">4</span>He comes with the brightness of lightning;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_4">light flashes from his hand,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_4">there where his power is hidden.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.5" class="v35_3_5">5</span>He sends disease before him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_5">and commands death to follow him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.6" class="v35_3_6">6</span>When he stops, the earth shakes;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_6">at his glance the nations tremble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_6">The eternal mountains are shattered;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_6">the everlasting hills sink down,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_6">the hills where he walked in ancient times.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.7" class="v35_3_7">7</span>I saw the people of Cushan afraid</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_7">and the people of Midian tremble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.8" class="v35_3_8">8</span>Was it the rivers that made you angry, <span class="nd">Lord</span>?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_8">Was it the sea that made you furious?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_8">You rode upon the clouds;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_8">the storm cloud was your chariot,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_8">as you brought victory to your people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.9" class="v35_3_9">9</span>You got ready to use your bow,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_9">ready to shoot your arrows.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_9">Your lightning split open the earth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.10" class="v35_3_10">10</span>When the mountains saw you, they trembled;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_10">water poured down from the skies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_10">The waters under the earth roared,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_10">and their waves rose high.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.11" class="v35_3_11">11</span>At the flash of your speeding arrows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_11">and the gleam of your shining spear,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_11">the sun and the moon stood still.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.12" class="v35_3_12">12</span>You marched across the earth in anger;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_12">in fury you trampled the nations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_13"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.13" class="v35_3_13">13</span>You went out to save your people,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_13">to save your chosen king.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_13">You struck down the leader of the wicked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_13">and completely destroyed his followers.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.14" class="v35_3_14">14</span>Your arrows pierced the commander of his army</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_14">when it came like a storm to scatter us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_14">gloating like those who secretly oppress the poor.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.15" class="v35_3_15">15</span>You trampled the sea with your horses,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_15">and the mighty waters foamed.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.16" class="v35_3_16">16</span>I hear all this, and I tremble;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_16">my lips quiver with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_16">My body goes limp,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_16">and my feet stumble<a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> beneath me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_16">I will quietly wait for the time to come</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_16">when God will punish those who attack us.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.17" class="v35_3_17">17</span>Even though the fig trees have no fruit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_17">and no grapes grow on the vines,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_17">even though the olive crop fails</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_17">and the fields produce no grain,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_17">even though the sheep all die</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_17">and the cattle stalls are empty,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_18"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.18" class="v35_3_18">18</span>I will still be joyful and glad,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_18">because the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God is my savior.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v35_3_19"><span class="reftext" id="Hab.3.19" class="v35_3_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hab.3.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span> gives me strength.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_19">He makes me sure-footed as a deer</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v35_3_19">and keeps me safe on the mountains.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.1: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew has an additional phrase, the meaning of which is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.9: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">ready to shoot your arrows; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.13: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">completely … followers; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.14: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 14 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my feet stumble; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I am excited, because.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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