3A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with orchestra:H8605H2265H5030H76922GOD, I've heard what our ancestors say about you, and I'm stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. Work among us as you worked among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must, remember mercy.H3068H8085H8088H3372H3068H2421H6467H7130H8141H7130H8141H3045H7267H2142H73553God's on his way again, retracing the old salvation route, Coming up from the south through Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Skies are blazing with his splendor, his praises sounding through the earth,H433H935H8487H6918H2022H6290H5542H1935H3680H8064H776H4390H84164His cloud-brightness like dawn, exploding, spreading, forked-lightning shooting from his hand— what power hidden in that fist!H5051H216H7161H3027H2253H57975Plague marches before him, pestilence at his heels!H6440H3212H1698H7565H3318H72726He stops. He shakes Earth. He looks around. Nations tremble. The age-old mountains fall to pieces; ancient hills collapse like a spent balloon. The paths God takes are older than the oldest mountains and hills.H5975H4128H776H7200H5425H1471H5703H2042H6327H5769H1389H7817H1979H57697I saw everyone worried, in a panic: Old wilderness adversaries, Cushan and Midian, were terrified, hoping he wouldn't notice them.H7200H168H3572H205H3407H776H4080H72648GOD, is it River you're mad at? Angry at old River? Were you raging at Sea when you rode horse and chariot through to salvation?H3068H2734H5104H639H5104H5678H3220H7392H5483H4818H34449You unfurled your bow and let loose a volley of arrows. You split Earth with rivers.H7198H6181H5783H7621H4294H562H5542H1234H776H510410Mountains saw what was coming. They twisted in pain. Flood Waters poured in. Ocean roared and reared huge waves.H2022H7200H2342H2230H4325H5674H8415H5414H6963H5375H3027H731511Sun and Moon stopped in their tracks. Your flashing arrows stopped them, your lightning-strike spears impaled them.H8121H3394H5975H2073H216H2671H1980H5051H1300H259512Angry, you stomped through Earth. Furious, you crushed the godless nations.H6805H776H2195H1758H1471H63913You were out to save your people, to save your specially chosen people. You beat the stuffing out of King Wicked, Stripped him naked from head to toe,H3318H3468H5971H3468H4899H4272H7218H1004H7563H6168H3247H6677H554214Set his severed head on his own spear and blew away his army. Scattered they were to the four winds— and ended up food for the sharks!H5344H4294H7218H6518H5590H6327H5951H398H6041H456515You galloped through the Sea on your horses, racing on the crest of the waves.H1869H3220H5483H2563H7227H432516When I heard it, my stomach did flips. I stammered and stuttered. My bones turned to water. I staggered and stumbled. I sit back and wait for Doomsday to descend on our attackers.H8085H990H7264H8193H6750H6963H7538H935H6106H7264H5117H3117H6869H5927H5971H146417Though the cherry trees don't blossom and the strawberries don't ripen, Though the apples are worm-eaten and the wheat fields stunted, Though the sheep pens are sheepless and the cattle barns empty,H8384H6524H2981H1612H4639H2132H3584H7709H6213H400H6629H1504H4356H1241H751718I'm singing joyful praise to GOD. I'm turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.H5937H3068H1523H430H346819Counting on GOD's Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I'm king of the mountain! (For congregational use, with a full orchestra.)H3069H136H2428H7760H7272H355H1869H1116H5329H5058
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