1. This is a prayer of the prophet Habakkuk:
2. O Lord, I have heard of what you have done,and I am filled with awe.Now do again in our timesthe great deeds you used to do.Be merciful, even when you are angry.
3. God is coming again from Edom;the holy God is coming from the hills of Paran.His splendour covers the heavens;and the earth is full of his praise.
4. He comes with the brightness of lightning;light flashes from his hand,there where his power is hidden.
5. He sends disease before himand commands death to follow him.
6. When he stops, the earth shakes;at his glance the nations tremble.The eternal mountains are shattered;the everlasting hills sink down,the hills where he walked in ancient times.
7. I saw the people of Cushan afraidand the people of Midian tremble.
8. Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord?Was it the sea that made you furious?You rode upon the clouds;the storm cloud was your chariot,as you brought victory to your people.
9. You got ready to use your bow,ready to shoot your arrows.Your lightning split open the earth.
10. When the mountains saw you, they trembled;water poured down from the skies.The waters under the earth roared,and their waves rose high.
11. At the flash of your speeding arrowsand the gleam of your shining spear,the sun and the moon stood still.
12. You marched across the earth in anger;in fury you trampled the nations.