Habakkuk

Habakkuk’s Prayer

1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

2O LORD, I have heard the report of You;I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds.Revive them in these years;make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

3God came from Teman,and the Holy One from Mount Paran.SelahHis glory covered the heavens,and His praise filled the earth.

4His radiance was like the sunlight;rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

5Plague went before Him,and fever followed in His steps.

6He stood and measured the earth;He looked and startled the nations;the ancient mountains crumbled;the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress;the curtains of Midian were trembling.

8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD?Was Your wrath against the streams?Did You rage against the seawhen You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

9You brandished Your bow;You called for many arrows.SelahYou split the earth with rivers.

10The mountains saw You and quaked;torrents of water swept by.The deep roared with its voiceand lifted its hands on high.

11Sun and moon stood stillin their placesat the flash of Your flying arrows,at the brightness of Your shining spear.

12You marched across the earth with fury;You threshed the nations in wrath.

13You went forth for the salvation of Your people,to save Your anointed.You crushed the head of the house of the wickedand stripped him from head to toe.Selah

14With his own spear You pierced his head,when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,gloating as though readyto secretly devour the weak.

15You trampled the sea with Your horses,churning the great waters.

16I heard and trembled within;my lips quivered at the sound.Decay entered my bones;I trembled where I stood.Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distressto come upon the people who invade us.

Habakkuk Rejoices

17Though the fig tree does not budand no fruit is on the vines,though the olive crop failsand the fields produce no food,though the sheep are cut off from the foldand no cattle are in the stalls,

18yet I will exult in the LORD;I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

19GOD the Lord is my strength;He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.

1Lời cầu nguyện của ngôn sứ Kha-ba-cúc, theo điệu Ai ca.

2Trong cơn thịnh nộ, xin Ngài nhớ xót thương.

3câu chúc tụng vang mười phương đất.

4nơi đó ẩn tàng quyền năng Chúa.

5sốt rét theo Người sát gót chân.

6đó là những con đường xưa kia Ngài vẫn đi.

7các nhà bạt của xứ Ma-đi-an chuyển rung.

8và ngự trên xa mã của Ngài ?

9xẻ đất thành sông ngòi.

10mây tầng đổ mưa, vực thẳm vang tiếng gào, và giơ tay lên cao.

11trước ngọn giáo chớp loè Ngài phóng đi.

12trong cơn thịnh nộ, Ngài chà đạp chư dân.

13Ngài đánh quỵ thủ lãnh nòi gian ác, lật nền nhà cho đá trơ ra.

14kẻ khốn cùng trong nơi trú ẩn.

15giữa ba đào cuồn cuộn nước mênh mông.

16chụp xuống đầu dân xông đánh chúng con.

17Bầy chiên dê biến mất khỏi ràn, ngó vào chuồng, bò bê hết sạch.

18hỷ hoan vì Thiên Chúa, Đấng cứu độ tôi.

19và dẫn tôi đi trên đỉnh núi cao vời.