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\v 1 The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:
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\f + \ft The Hebrew text adds the expression "on shigionoth," which may refer to musical directions for singers. \f*
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\q
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\v 2 Yahweh, I have heard your report, and I am afraid!
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\q Yahweh, revive your work in the midst of these times; in the midst of these times make it known;
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\q remember to have compassion in your wrath!
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\v 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran! \qs Selah. \qs*
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\q His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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\v 4 The two rays of his hand were as bright as lightning,
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\q where his strength was hidden.
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\v 5 Deadly disease went before him, and plague went after his feet.
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\q
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\v 6 He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations!
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\q Even the eternal mountains were shattered, and the everlasting hills bowed down!
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\q His path is everlasting!
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\v 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction, and the fabric of the tents in the land of Midian trembling.
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\v 8 Was Yahweh angry at the rivers? Was your wrath against the rivers,
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\q or your fury against the sea,
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\q when you rode upon your horses and your victorious chariots?
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\v 9 You have brought out your bow without a cover; you put arrows to your bow! \qs Selah. \qs*
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\q You divided the earth with rivers.
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\v 10 The mountains saw you and twisted in pain!
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\q Downpours of water passed over them; the deep sea raised a shout!
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\q It lifted up its waves!
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\v 11 The sun and moon stood still above in their high places
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\q at the light of your arrows and they flew, at the brightness of the lightning flash of your spear!
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\v 12 You have marched over the earth with indignation. In wrath you have threshed the nations.
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\v 13 You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed one!
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\q You shatter the head of the house of the wicked to expose the base of the neck! \qs Selah. \qs*
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\v 14 You have pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows since they came like a storm to scatter us,
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\q their gloating was like one who devours the poor in a hiding place.
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\v 15 You have traveled over the sea with your horses, and heaped up the great waters.
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\v 16 I heard, and my inner parts trembled! My lips quivered at the sound!
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\q Decay comes into my bones, and under myself I tremble
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\q as I wait quietly for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
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\v 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no produce from the vines;
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\q2 though the produce of the olive tree disappoints, and the fields yield no food;
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\q2 though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is no cattle in the stalls—
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\v 18 Still, I will rejoice in Yahweh! I will be happy because the God of my salvation!
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\v 19 The Lord Yahweh is my strength
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\q and he makes my feet like the deer's;
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\q he leads me on my high places!
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\q3
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—To the music director, on my stringed instruments.
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