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God's People Saved

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 was ^(C2)afraid.
LORD, ^(C3)revive ^(C4)Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known.
In anger 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 the hiding of His ^(C2)might is there.

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

⁶ He stood and caused the earth to shudder;
He looked and ^(C1)caused the nations to jump.
Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills ^(F1)collapsed.
His paths 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 rage against the ^(C2)sea,
That You ^(C3)rode on Your horses,
On Your ^(C4)chariots of salvation?

⁹ You removed Your ^(C1)bow from its holder,
The arrows of Your word were ^(F1)sworn. Selah
You ^(C2)divided the earth with rivers.

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

^11 (C1)Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;
They went away at the ^(C2)light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your flashing 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 smashed the ^(C3)head of the house of evil
To uncover him from ^(F1)foot to neck. Selah

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

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

¹⁶ I heard, and my ^(F1)inner parts ^(C1)trembled;
At the sound, my lips quivered.
Decay enters my ^(C2)bones,
And in my place I tremble;
Because I ^(F2)must ^(C3)wait quietly for the day of distress,
^(F3)For the ^(C4)people to arise who will attack us.

¹⁷ Even if the ^(C1)fig tree does not blossom,
And there is no ^(F1)fruit on the vines,
If the yield of the ^(C2)olive fails,
And the fields produce no food,
Even if the ^(C3)flock disappears from the fold,
And there are ^(C4)no cattle in the stalls,

¹⁸ Yet I will ^(C1)triumph 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 deer's feet,
And has me walk on my ^(C3)high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.