Habakkuk 3

1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

תְּפִלָּה לַחֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא עַל שִׁגְיֹנֹות׃ (1698)

2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

יְהוָה שָׁמַעְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ יָרֵאתִי יְהוָה פָּעָלְךָ בְּקֶרֶב שָׁנִים חַיֵּיהוּ בְּקֶרֶב שָׁנִים תֹּודִיעַ בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכֹּור׃ (5153)

3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

אֱלֹוהַ מִתֵּימָן יָבֹוא וְקָדֹושׁ מֵהַר־פָּארָן סֶלָה כִּסָּה שָׁמַיִם הֹודֹו וּתְהִלָּתֹו מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ׃ (3403)

4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

וְנֹגַהּ כָּאֹור תִּהְיֶה קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדֹו לֹו וְשָׁם חֶבְיֹון עֻזֹּה ׃ (1711)

5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

לְפָנָיו יֵלֶךְ דָּבֶר וְיֵצֵא רֶשֶׁף לְרַגְלָיו׃ (1408)

6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

עָמַד ׀ וַיְמֹדֶד אֶרֶץ רָאָה וַיַּתֵּר גֹּויִם וַיִּתְפֹּצְצוּ הַרְרֵי־עַד שַׁחוּ גִּבְעֹות עֹולָם הֲלִיכֹות עֹולָם לֹו ׃ (4115)

7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

תַּחַת אָוֶן רָאִיתִי אָהֳלֵי כוּשָׁן יִרְגְּזוּן יְרִיעֹות אֶרֶץ מִדְיָן׃ (3275)

8Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

הֲבִנְהָרִים חָרָה יְהוָה אִם בַּנְּהָרִים אַפֶּךָ אִם־בַּיָּם עֶבְרָתֶךָ כִּי תִרְכַּב עַל־סוּסֶיךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ יְשׁוּעָה׃ (3776)

9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

עֶרְיָה תֵעֹור קַשְׁתֶּךָ שְׁבֻעֹות מַטֹּות אֹמֶר סֶלָה נְהָרֹות תְּבַקַּע־אָרֶץ׃ (4874)

10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

רָאוּךָ יָחִילוּ הָרִים זֶרֶם מַיִם עָבָר נָתַן תְּהֹום קֹולֹו רֹום יָדֵיהוּ נָשָׂא׃ (2880)

11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻלָה לְאֹור חִצֶּיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּ לְנֹגַהּ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶךָ׃ (2330)

12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

בְּזַעַם תִּצְעַד־אָרֶץ בְּאַף תָּדוּשׁ גֹּויִם׃ (1826)

13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

יָצָאתָ לְיֵשַׁע עַמֶּךָ לְיֵשַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶךָ מָחַצְתָּ רֹּאשׁ מִבֵּית רָשָׁע עָרֹות יְסֹוד עַד־צַוָּאר סֶלָה׃ (5513)

14Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

נָקַבְתָּ בְמַטָּיו רֹאשׁ [פְּרָזֹו כ] (פְּרָזָיו ק) יִסְעֲרוּ לַהֲפִיצֵנִי עֲלִיצֻתָם כְּמֹו־לֶאֱכֹל עָנִי בַּמִּסְתָּר׃ (4076)

15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

דָּרַכְתָּ בַיָּם סוּסֶיךָ חֹמֶר מַיִם רַבִּים׃ (1422)

16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

שָׁמַעְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּז בִּטְנִי לְקֹול צָלֲלוּ שְׂפָתַי יָבֹוא רָקָב בַּעֲצָמַי וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּז אֲשֶׁר אָנוּחַ לְיֹום צָרָה לַעֲלֹות לְעַם יְגוּדֶנּוּ׃ (5889)

17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

כִּי־תְאֵנָה לֹא־תִפְרָח וְאֵין יְבוּל בַּגְּפָנִים כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַיִת וּשְׁדֵמֹות לֹא־עָשָׂה אֹכֶל גָּזַר מִמִּכְלָה צֹאן וְאֵין בָּקָר בָּרְפָתִים׃ (5465)

18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

וַאֲנִי בַּיהוָה אֶעְלֹוזָה אָגִילָה בֵּאלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִי׃ (701)

19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי חֵילִי וַיָּשֶׂם רַגְלַי כָּאַיָּלֹות וְעַל בָּמֹותַי יַדְרִכֵנִי לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹותָי׃ (2822)