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1. This is the prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on shigionoth.
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1. A prayer H8605 of Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 upon H5921 Shigionoth H7692 .
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2. Lord, I have heard the news about you; I am amazed at what you have done. Lord, do great things once again in our time; make those things happen again in our own days. Even when you are angry, remember to be kind.
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2. O LORD H3068 , I have heard H8085 thy speech H8088 , and was afraid H3372 : O LORD H3068 , revive H2421 thy work H6467 in the midst H7130 of the years H8141 , in the midst H7130 of the years H8141 make known H3045 ; in wrath H7267 remember H2142 mercy H7355 .
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3. God is coming from Teman; the Holy One comes from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covers the skies, and his praise fills the earth.
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3. God H433 came H935 from Teman H4480 H8487 , and the Holy One H6918 from mount H4480 H2022 Paran H6290 . Selah H5542 . His glory H1935 covered H3680 the heavens H8064 , and the earth H776 was full H4390 of his praise H8416 .
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4. He is like a bright light. Rays of light shine from his hand, and there he hides his power.
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4. And his brightness H5051 was H1961 as the light H216 ; he had horns H7161 coming out of his hand H4480 H3027 : and there H8033 was the hiding H2253 of his power H5797 .
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5. Sickness goes before him, and disease follows behind him.
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5. Before H6440 him went H1980 the pestilence H1698 , and burning coals H7565 went forth H3318 at his feet H7272 .
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6. He stands and shakes the earth. He looks, and the nations shake with fear. The mountains, which stood for ages, break into pieces; the old hills fall down. God has always done this.
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6. He stood H5975 , and measured H4128 the earth H776 : he beheld H7200 , and drove asunder H5425 the nations H1471 ; and the everlasting H5703 mountains H2042 were scattered H6327 , the perpetual H5769 hills H1389 did bow H7817 : his ways H1979 are everlasting H5769 .
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7. I saw that the tents of Cushan were in trouble and that the tents of Midian trembled.
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7. I saw H7200 the tents H168 of Cushan H3572 in H8478 affliction H205 : and the curtains H3407 of the land H776 of Midian H4080 did tremble H7264 .
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8. Lord, were you angry at the rivers, or were you angry at the streams? Were you angry with the sea when you rode your horses and chariots of victory?
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8. Was the LORD H3068 displeased H2734 against the rivers H5104 ? was thine anger H639 against the rivers H5104 ? was thy wrath H5678 against the sea H3220 , that H3588 thou didst ride H7392 upon H5921 thine horses H5483 and thy chariots H4818 of salvation H3444 ?
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9. You uncovered your bow and commanded many arrows to be brought to you. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
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9. Thy bow H7198 was made quite naked H5783 H6181 , according to the oaths H7621 of the tribes H4294 , even thy word H562 . Selah H5542 . Thou didst cleave H1234 the earth H776 with rivers H5104 .
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10. The mountains saw you and shook with fear. The rushing water flowed. The sea made a loud noise, and its waves rose high.
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10. The mountains H2022 saw H7200 thee, and they trembled H2342 : the overflowing H2230 of the water H4325 passed by H5674 : the deep H8415 uttered H5414 his voice H6963 , and lifted up H5375 his hands H3027 on high H7315 .
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11. The sun and moon stood still in the sky; they stopped when they saw the flash of your flying arrows and the gleam of your shining spear.
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11. The sun H8121 and moon H3394 stood still H5975 in their habitation H2073 : at the light H216 of thine arrows H2671 they went H1980 , and at the shining H5051 of thy glittering H1300 spear H2595 .
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12. In anger you marched on the earth; in anger you punished the nations.
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12. Thou didst march through H6805 the land H776 in indignation H2195 , thou didst thresh H1758 the heathen H1471 in anger H639 .
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13. You came out to save your people, to save your chosen one. You crushed the leader of the wicked ones and took everything he had, from head to toe. Selah
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13. Thou wentest forth H3318 for the salvation H3468 of thy people H5971 , even for salvation H3468 with H854 thine anointed H4899 ; thou woundedst H4272 the head H7218 out of the house H4480 H1004 of the wicked H7563 , by discovering H6168 the foundation H3247 unto H5704 the neck H6677 . Selah H5542 .
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14. With the enemy's own spear you stabbed the leader of his army. His soldiers rushed out like a storm to scatter us. They were happy as they were robbing the poor people in secret.
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14. Thou didst strike through H5344 with his staves H4294 the head H7218 of his villages H6518 : they came out as a whirlwind H5590 to scatter H6327 me : their rejoicing H5951 was as H3644 to devour H398 the poor H6041 secretly H4565 .
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15. But you marched through the sea with your horses, stirring the great waters.
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15. Thou didst walk H1869 through the sea H3220 with thine horses H5483 , through the heap H2563 of great H7227 waters H4325 .
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16. I hear these things, and my body trembles; my lips tremble when I hear the sound. My bones feel weak, and my legs shake. But I will wait patiently for the day of disaster that will come to the people who attack us.
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16. When I heard H8085 , my belly H990 trembled H7264 ; my lips H8193 quivered H6750 at the voice H6963 : rottenness H7538 entered H935 into my bones H6106 , and I trembled H7264 in H8478 myself, that H834 I might rest H5117 in the day H3117 of trouble H6869 : when he cometh up H5927 unto the people H5971 , he will invade H1464 them with his troops.
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17. Fig trees may not grow figs, and there may be no grapes on the vines. There may be no olives growing and no food growing in the fields. There may be no sheep in the pens and no cattle in the barns.
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17. Although H3588 the fig tree H8384 shall not H3808 blossom H6524 , neither H369 shall fruit H2981 be in the vines H1612 ; the labor H4639 of the olive H2132 shall fail H3584 , and the fields H7709 shall yield H6213 no H3808 meat H400 ; the flock H6629 shall be cut off H1504 from the fold H4480 H4356 , and there shall be no H369 herd H1241 in the stalls H7517 :
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18. But I will still be glad in the Lord; I will rejoice in God my Savior.
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18. Yet I H589 will rejoice H5937 in the LORD H3068 , I will joy H1523 in the God H430 of my salvation H3468 .
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19. The Lord God is my strength. He makes me like a deer that does not stumble so I can walk on the steep mountains. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
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19. The LORD H3068 God H136 is my strength H2428 , and he will make H7760 my feet H7272 like hinds H355 ' feet , and he will make me to walk H1869 upon H5921 mine high places H1116 . To the chief singer H5329 on my stringed instruments H5058 .
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