[a]O Lord, I have heard thy voice, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy [b]work in the midst of the people, in the midst of the years make it known: in wrath remember mercy.

God cometh from [c]Teman, and the holy One from mount Paran, Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise,

And his brightness was as the light: [d]he had horns coming out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:2 Thus the people were afraid when they heard God’s threatenings, and prayed.
  2. Habakkuk 3:2 That is, the state of thy Church which is now ready to perish, before it come to half a perfect age, which should be under Christ.
  3. Habakkuk 3:3 Teman and Paran were near Sinai, where the Law was given: whereby is signified that his deliverance was as present now as it was then.
  4. Habakkuk 3:4 Whereby is meant a power that was joined with his brightness, which was hid to the rest of the world, but was revealed in mount Sinai to his people, Ps. 31:16.

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