Habakkuk 3:1-13

¹This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

²O LORD, I have heard the report of You;

I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds.

Revive them in these years;

make them known in these years.

In Your wrath, remember mercy!

³God came from Teman,

and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His glory covered the heavens,

and His praise filled the earth.

⁴His radiance was like the sunlight;

rays flashed from His hand,

where His power is hidden.

⁵Plague went before Him,

and fever followed in His steps.

⁶He stood and measured the earth;

He looked and startled the nations;

the ancient mountains crumbled;

the perpetual hills collapsed.

His ways are everlasting.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in distress;

the curtains of Midian were trembling.

⁸Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD?

Was Your wrath against the streams?

Did You rage against the sea

when You rode on Your horses,

on Your chariots of salvation?

⁹You brandished Your bow;

You called for many arrows. Selah

You split the earth with rivers.

¹⁰The mountains saw You and quaked;

torrents of water swept by.

The deep roared with its voice

and lifted its hands on high.

¹¹Sun and moon stood still

in their places

at the flash of Your flying arrows,

at the brightness of Your shining spear.

¹²You marched across the earth with fury;

You threshed the nations in wrath.

¹³You went forth for the salvation of Your people,

to save Your anointed.

You crushed the head of the house of the wicked

and stripped him from head to toe.