Habakkuk 3:19 - Prayer Tents

God’s Salvation of His People

3A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet, set to wild, enthusiastic, {and} triumphal music.H8605H2265H5030H7692 2O Lord, I have heard the report of You and was afraid. O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make [Yourself] known! In wrath [earnestly] remember love, pity, {and} mercy.H3068H8085H8088H3372H3068H2421H6467H7130H8141H7130H8141H3045H7267H2142H7355 3God [approaching from Sinai] came from Teman [which represents Edom] and the Holy One from Mount Paran [in the Sinai region]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His praise.H433H935H8487H6918H2022H6290H5542H1935H3680H8064H776H4390H8416 4And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power.H5051H216H7161H3027H2253H5797 5Before Him went the pestilence [as in Egypt], and burning plague followed His feet [as in Sennacherib's army].H6440H3212H1698H7565H3318H7272 6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook the nations, and the eternal mountains were scattered and the perpetual hills bowed low. His ways are everlasting {and} His goings are of old.H5975H4128H776H7200H5425H1471H5703H2042H6327H5769H1389H7817H1979H5769 7I [Habakkuk, in vision] saw the tents of Cushan [probably Ethiopia] in affliction; the [tent] curtains of the land of Midian trembled.H7200H168H3572H205H3407H776H4080H7264 8Were You displeased with the rivers, O Lord? Or was Your anger against the rivers [You divided]? Was Your wrath against the [Red] Sea, that You rode [before] upon Your horses and Your chariots of victory {and} deliverance?H3068H2734H5104H639H5104H5678H3220H7392H5483H4818H3444 9Your bow was made quite bare; sworn to the tribes [of Israel] by Your sure word were the rods of chastisement, scourges, {and} calamities. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! With rivers You cleaved the earth [bringing forth waters in dry places].H7198H6181H5783H7621H4294H562H5542H1234H776H5104 10The mountains saw You; they trembled {and} writhed [as if in pain]. The overflowing of the water passed by [as at the deluge]; the deep uttered its voice and lifted its hands on high.H2022H7200H2342H2230H4325H5674H8415H5414H6963H5375H3027H7315 11The sun and moon stood back [as before Joshua] in their habitation at the light of Your arrows as they sped, at the flash of Your glittering spear.H8121H3394H5975H2073H216H2671H1980H5051H1300H2595 12You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled {and} threshed the nations in anger.H6805H776H2195H1758H1471H639 13You went forth {and} have come for the salvation of Your people, for the deliverance {and} victory of Your anointed [people Israel]; You smote the head of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!H3318H3468H5971H3468H4899H4272H7218H1004H7563H6168H3247H6677H5542 14You pierced with his own arrows the head of [the enemy's] hordes; they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me [the people], rejoicing as if to devour the poor [Israel] secretly.H5344H4294H7218H6518H5590H6327H5951H398H6041H4565 15You have trodden the sea with Your horses, [beside] the heap of great {and} surging waters.H1869H3220H5483H2563H7227H4325 16I heard and my [whole inner self] trembled; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones and under me [down to my feet]; I tremble. I will wait quietly for the day of trouble and distress when there shall come up against [my] people him who is about to invade {and} oppress them.H8085H990H7264H8193H6750H6963H7538H935H6106H7264H5117H3117H6869H5927H5971H1464 17Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,H8384H6524H2981H1612H4639H2132H3584H7709H6213H400H6629H1504H4356H1241H7517 18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!H5937H3068H1523H430H3468 19The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, {and} my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] {and} make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.H3069H136H2428H7760H7272H355H1869H1116H5329H5058