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God's Deliverance of His People

¹ A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to ^(F1)Shigionoth.

² LORD, I have ^(C1)heard ^(F1)the report about You and ^(F2)I ^(C2)fear.
O LORD, ^(C3)revive ^(C4)Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember ^(F3)(C5)mercy.

³ God comes from ^(C1)Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount ^(C2)Paran. Selah.
His ^(C3)splendor covers the heavens,
And the ^(C4)earth is full of His praise.

⁴ His ^(C1)radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His ^(C2)power.

⁵ Before Him goes ^(C1)pestilence,
And ^(C2)plague comes ^(F1)after Him.

⁶ He stood and surveyed the earth;
He looked and ^(C1)startled the nations.
Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills ^(F1)collapsed.
His ways are ^(C2)everlasting.

⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan under ^(C1)distress,
The tent curtains of the land of ^(C2)Midian were trembling.

⁸ Did the LORD rage against the ^(C1)rivers,
Or was Your anger against the rivers,
Or was Your wrath against the ^(C2)sea,
That You ^(C3)rode on Your horses,
On Your ^(C4)chariots of salvation?

⁹ Your ^(C1)bow was made bare,
The rods of ^(F1)chastisement were sworn. Selah.
You ^(C2)cleaved the earth with rivers.

¹⁰ The mountains saw You and quaked;
The downpour of waters swept by.
The deep ^(C1)uttered forth its voice,
It lifted high its hands.

^11 (C1)Sun and moon stood in their places;
They went away at the ^(C2)light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.

¹² In indignation You ^(C1)marched through the earth;
In anger You ^(F1)(C2)trampled the nations.

¹³ You went forth for the ^(C1)salvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your ^(C2)anointed.
You struck the ^(C3)head of the house of the evil
To lay him open from ^(F1)thigh to neck. Selah.

¹⁴ You pierced with his ^(C1)own ^(F1)spears
The head of his ^(F2)throngs.
They ^(C2)stormed in to scatter ^(F3)us;
Their exultation was like those
Who ^(C3)devour the oppressed in secret.

¹⁵ You ^(C1)trampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the ^(C2)surge of many waters.

¹⁶ I heard and my ^(F1)inward parts ^(C1)trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my ^(C2)bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must ^(C3)wait quietly for the day of distress,
^(F2)For the ^(C4)people to arise who will invade us.

¹⁷ Though the ^(C1)fig tree should not blossom
And there be no ^(F1)fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the ^(C2)olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the ^(C3)flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be ^(C4)no cattle in the stalls,

¹⁸ Yet I will ^(C1)exult in the LORD,
I will ^(C2)rejoice in the ^(C3)God of my salvation.

¹⁹ The Lord ^(F1)GOD is my ^(C1)strength,
And ^(C2)He has made my feet like hinds' feet,
And makes me walk on my ^(C3)high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.