Habakkuk 3
Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter EditionKJP 
1A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, on Shigionoth.

Shigionoth (verse 1) – This is the plural form of the word; its singular form is “Shiggaion”. Each appears only once in the Bible: here in Habakkuk 3:1, and its singular form in the title of Psalm 7. Since no one really knows what shigionoth or shiggaion means, the translators left the words untranslated.

2O LORD, I have about You, and I stand in awe of You and Your deeds throughout the years. LORD, repeat them in our time and make known; in Your wrath, remember Your mercy.

3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. 4And His splendor was like the sunrise; He had rays of light coming out of His hand; where His power was hidden. 5 the Plague went before Him; pestilence followed His steps; and burning coals went out from His feet. 6He stood, and measured the earth; He looked, and made the nations tremble; and the ancient mountains crumbled and were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow; His ways are everlasting. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; and the nations of the land of Midian trembled. 8Were You angry with the rivers? Were You displeased with the sea, when You rode Your horses and Your chariots of salvation to victory? 9 You brandished Your bow and called for many arrows. You divided the earth with rivers. 10The mountains saw You, and they trembled; torrents of the water swept by; the deep roared, and lifted its waves on high. 11The sun and moon stood still in the heavens; the glint of Your flying arrows was like flashes of lightning from Your glittering spear. 12In Your indignation, You marched through the earth; You threshed the nations in anger. 13 You went forth to save Your people, even salvation for Your anointed; You crushed the leader of the house of the wicked, and laid bare the foundation from head to foot. 14 You pierced the heads of his villages with their own spears when their warriors came out like a whirlwind to scatter us; they gloated as if to devouring the poor who were in hiding. 15 You walked through the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

16When I heard, my heart pounded; my lips quivered at the sound; rottenness entered my bones, and my legs trembled, yet I rested patiently in the day of trouble. When he (the king of Babylon) comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.

17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, nor shall fruit (grapes) be in the vines; the crop of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; though the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no cattle in the stalls; 18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19The Sovereign LORD is my strength, and He will make my feet like the feet of a deer, and He will enable me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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