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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to ^[a]Shigionoth.

Lord , I have ^(a)heard ^[b]the report about You and ^[c]I ^(b)fear. O Lord , ^(c)revive ^(d)Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember ^[d](e)mercy.

God comes from ^(f)Teman, And the Holy One from Mount ^(g)Paran. Selah. His ^(h)splendor covers the heavens, And the ⁽ⁱ⁾earth is full of His praise.

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

Before Him goes ^(l)pestilence, And ^(m)plague comes ^[e]after Him.

He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and ⁽ⁿ⁾startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills ^[f]collapsed. His ways are ^(o)everlasting.

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

Did the Lord rage against the ^(r)rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the ^(s)sea, That You ^(t)rode on Your horses, On Your ^(u)chariots of salvation?

Your ^(v)bow was made bare, The rods of ^[g]chastisement were sworn. Selah. You ^(w)cleaved the earth with rivers.

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

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

In indignation You ^(aa)marched through the earth; In anger You ^[h](ab)trampled the nations.

You went forth for the ^(ac)salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your ^(ad)anointed. You struck the ^(ae)head of the house of the evil To lay him open from ^[i]thigh to neck. Selah.

You pierced with his ^(af)own ^[j]spears The head of his ^[k]throngs. They ^(ag)stormed in to scatter ^[l]us; Their exultation was like those Who ^(ah)devour the oppressed in secret.

You ^(ai)trampled on the sea with Your horses, On the ^(aj)surge of many waters.

I heard and my ^[m]inward parts ^(ak)trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my ^(al)bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must ^(am)wait quietly for the day of distress, ^[n]For the ^(an)people to arise who will invade us.

Though the ^(ao)fig tree should not blossom And there be no ^[o]fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the ^(ap)olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the ^(aq)flock should be cut off from the fold And there be ^(ar)no cattle in the stalls,

Yet I will ^(as)exult in the Lord , I will ^(at)rejoice in the ^(au)God of my salvation.

The Lord ^[p] God is my ^(av)strength, And ^(aw)He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my ^(ax)high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.