{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/habakkuk/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T05:42:04.774Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Habakkuk","bookSlug":"habakkuk","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PROPHET FOR IGNORANCES. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"His brightness shall be as the light; horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid: "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot: in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: for salvation with thy Christ. Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked: thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, in the mud of many waters. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms."}],"citation":{"inline":"Habakkuk 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[Habakkuk 3](https://primebible.com/drb/habakkuk/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/habakkuk/3 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}