Habakkuk prays, recalling God's great deeds. He trembles at the thought of coming judgment but resolves to wait quietly. Though the fig tree shall not blossom, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth .
2 O LORD , I have heard thy speech , and was afraid : O LORD , revive thy work in the midst of the years , in the midst of the years make known ; in wrath remember mercy .
3 God came from Teman , and the Holy One from mount Paran . Selah . His glory covered the heavens , and the earth was full of his praise .
4 And his brightness was as the light ; he had horns coming out of his hand : and there was the hiding of his power .
5 Before him went the pestilence , and burning coals went forth at his feet .
6 He stood , and measured the earth : he beheld , and drove asunder the nations ; and the everlasting mountains were scattered , the perpetual hills did bow : his ways are everlasting .
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction : and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble .
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers ? was thine anger against the rivers ? was thy wrath against the sea , that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation ?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked , according to the oaths of the tribes , even thy word . Selah . Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers .
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice , and lifted up his hands on high .
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation : at the light of thine arrows they went , and at the shining of thy glittering spear .
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation , thou didst thresh the heathen in anger .
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people , even for salvation with thine anointed ; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked , by discovering the foundation unto the neck . Selah .
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages : they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly .
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses , through the heap of great waters .
16 When I heard , my belly trembled ; my lips quivered at the voice : rottenness entered into my bones , and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble : when he cometh up unto the people , he will invade them with his troops .
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom , neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail , and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold , and there shall be no herd in the stalls :
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD , I will joy in the God of my salvation .
19 The LORD God is my strength , and he will make my feet like hinds ' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places . To the chief singer on my stringed instruments .