^{1 Ref} A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

^{2 Ref} O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

^{3 Ref} God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

^{4 Ref} And `his' brightness was as the light; He had rays `coming forth' from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

^{5 Ref} Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

^{6 Ref} He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were `as' of old.

^{7 Ref} I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

^{8 Ref} Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

^{9 Ref} Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a `sure' word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

^{10 Ref} The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

^{11 Ref} The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

^{12 Ref} Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

^{13 Ref} Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

^{14 Ref} Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

^{15 Ref} Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

^{16 Ref} I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

^{17 Ref} For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

^{18 Ref} Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

^{19 Ref} Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' `feet', And will make me to walk upon my high places.