Habakkuk 3 (NET)

Habakkuk 3:1¹This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:2²Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:3³God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:4⁴His brightness will be as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:5⁵Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:6⁶He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:7⁷I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:8⁸Was the Lord mad at the rivers? Were you angry with the rivers? Were you enraged at the sea? Such that you would climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:9⁹Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:10¹⁰When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:11¹¹The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:12¹²You furiously stomp on the earth; you angrily trample down the nations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:13¹³You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:14¹⁴You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:15¹⁵But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:16¹⁶I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:17¹⁷When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen and there are no cattle in the stalls—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:18¹⁸I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Habakkuk 3:19¹⁹The Sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s