1. A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PROPHET FOR IGNORANCES.
2. O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid. O Lord, thy work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the years thou shalt make it known: when thou art angry, thou wilt remember mercy.
3. God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.
4. His brightness shall be as the light; horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid:
5. Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet.
6. He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity.
7. I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.
8. Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.
9. Thou wilt surely take up thy bow: according to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes. Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth.
10. The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands.
11. The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear.