Ch 3 / 3~2 min
Chavakuk

Chapter 3

Though All Fails, I Will Rejoice in Him

Habakkuk's prayer — 'Even though the fig tree doesn't flourish … yet I will rejoice in YHWH' — is the resurrection faith Yeshua embodies: joy that survives every earthly stripping.

  1. Habakkuk's Prayer

    Habakkuk's prayer is set to music. Wrestling with Elohim doesn't end in defeat — it ends in worship.

  2. 1A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
  3. 2YHWH, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, YHWH. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
  4. Elohim Marches Forth in Splendour

    Elohim marches forth in splendour — the earth trembles, nations scatter. This is what it looks like when Elohim moves.

  5. 3Elohim came from Teman, the Kodesh One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
  6. 4His splendour is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
  7. 5Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
  8. 6He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
  9. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
  10. 8Was YHWH displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
  11. 9You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
  12. 10The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
  13. 11The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
  14. 12You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.
  15. 13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.
  16. 14You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
  17. 15You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.
  18. Yet I Will Rejoice in Adonai

    Yet I will rejoice in Adonai, even if the fig tree doesn't blossom. Faith independent of circumstances is the highest faith.

  19. 16I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
  20. 17For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,
  21. 18yet I will rejoice in YHWH. I will be joyful in the Elohim of my salvation!
  22. 19YHWH, Adonai, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
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