| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth: | 1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. |
| 2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy! | 2LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. |
| 3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth. | 3God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. |
| 4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden. | 4His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. |
| 5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps. | 5Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him. |
| 6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. | 6He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. |
| 7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling. | 7I saw the tents of Cushan under distress, The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling. |
| 8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? | 8Did the LORD rage against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation? |
| 9You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers. | 9Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers. |
| 10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. | 10The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands. |
| 11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. | 11Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear. |
| 12You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. | 12In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations. |
| 13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah | 13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah. |
| 14With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. | 14You pierced with his own spears The head of his throngs. They stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret. |
| 15You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters. | 15You trampled on the sea with Your horses, On the surge of many waters. |
| 16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us. | 16I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade us. |
| 17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, | 17Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, |
| 18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! | 18Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. |
| 19GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. | 19The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. |
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