Habakkuk 3

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid:

God came from Teman,

And his brightness was as the light;

Before him went the pestilence,

He stood, and measured the earth;

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;

Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers?

Thy bow was made quite bare;

The mountains saw thee, and were afraid;

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation,

Thou didst march through the land in indignation;

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,

Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors:

Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses,

I heard, and my body trembled,

For though the fig-tree shall not flourish,

Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah,

Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength;