Habakkuk Prays to the Lord
1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. It is on shigionoth. Here is what he said.
2Lord, I know how famous you are.
I have great respect for you
because of your mighty acts.
Do them again for us.
Make them known in our time.
When you are angry,
please have mercy on us.
3God came from Teman.
The Holy One came from Mount Paran.
His glory covered the heavens.
His praise filled the earth.
4His glory was like the sunrise.
Rays of light flashed from his mighty hand.
His power was hidden there.
5He sent plagues ahead of him.
Sickness followed behind him.
6When he stood up, the earth shook.
When he looked at the nations,
they trembled with fear.
The age-old mountains crumbled.
The ancient hills fell down.
But he marches on forever.
7I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble.
The people of Midian were suffering greatly.
8Lord, were you angry with the rivers?
Were you angry with the streams?
Were you angry with the Red Sea?
You rode your horses and chariots
to overcome it.
9You got your bow ready to use.
You asked for many arrows.
You broke up the surface
of the earth with rivers.
10The mountains saw you and shook.
Floods of water swept by.
The sea roared.
It lifted its waves high.
11The sun and moon stood still in the sky.
They stopped because your flying arrows flashed by.
Your gleaming spear shone like lightning.
12When you were angry, you marched across the earth.
Because of your anger you destroyed the nations.
13You came out to set your people free.
You saved your chosen ones.
You crushed Pharaoh, the leader of that evil land of Egypt.
You stripped him from head to foot.
14His soldiers rushed out to scatter us.
They were laughing at us.
They thought they would easily destroy us.
They saw us as weak people who were trying to hide.
So you wounded Pharaoh’s head with his own spear.
15Your horses charged into the Red Sea.
They stirred up the great waters.
16I listened and my heart pounded.
My lips trembled at the sound.
My bones seemed to rot.
And my legs shook.
But I will be patient.
I’ll wait for the day of trouble to come on Babylon.
It’s the nation that is attacking us.
17The fig trees might not bud.
The vines might not produce any grapes.
The olive crop might fail.
The fields might not produce any food.
There might not be any sheep in the pens.
There might not be any cattle in the barns.
18But I will still be glad
because of what the Lord has done.
God my Savior fills me with joy.
19The Lord and King gives me strength.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer.
He helps me walk on the highest places.
哈巴谷的祷告
1以下是哈巴谷先知的祷告，采用流离调3:1 流离调是希伯来诗歌的一种曲调。。
2耶和华啊，我听过你的威名；
耶和华啊，我对你的作为充满敬畏。
求你如今再次彰显你的作为，
求你发怒的时候仍以怜悯为念。
3上帝从提幔来，
圣者从巴兰山来。（细拉）
祂的荣耀遮蔽诸天，
颂赞祂的声音响彻大地。
4祂的荣光犹如太阳的光辉，
祂的手射出光芒，
其中蕴藏着大能。
5瘟疫行在祂前面，
灾病跟在祂脚后。
6祂停下，大地就震动；
祂观看，万民就战栗。
古老的山岳崩裂，
远古的丘陵塌陷，
但祂的作为永远不变。
7我看见古珊的帐篷遭难，
米甸人的幔子颤抖。
8耶和华啊，你是向江河发怒吗？
你乘着得胜的战车而来，
是向江河生气吗？
是向海洋发怒吗？
9你拿出弓，要射出许多箭羽。（细拉）
你以江河分开大地。
10群山看见你就战栗，
大雨倾盆，
深渊翻腾，波浪滔天。
11你射出的箭闪闪发光，
你的枪熠熠生辉，
以致日月都停在天上。
12你怀着烈怒走遍大地，
践踏万国。
13你出来是为了拯救你的子民，
拯救你膏立的王。
你打垮邪恶之人的首领，
从头到脚彻底毁灭他们。（细拉）
14他们的军队如旋风而至，
要驱散我们，
他们以暗中吞噬贫民为乐，
但你用他们的矛刺透他们的头颅。
15你骑马践踏汹涌的大海。
16我听到这些，
就胆战心惊，嘴唇哆嗦，
四肢无力，双腿发抖。
但我仍要静候灾难临到入侵者的日子。
17即使无花果树不发芽，
葡萄树不结果，
橄榄树无收成，
田地不产粮，
圈里没有羊，
棚里没有牛，
18我仍要因耶和华而欢欣，
因拯救我的上帝而喜乐。
19主耶和华是我的力量，
祂使我的脚如母鹿的蹄，
稳行在高处。
这首歌交给乐长，用弦乐器伴奏。
