In your majesty (A)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you (B)awesome deeds!
Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

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In your majesty ride forth victoriously(A)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;(B)
    let your right hand(C) achieve awesome deeds.(D)
Let your sharp arrows(E) pierce the hearts(F) of the king’s enemies;(G)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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(A)Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
    Was your anger against the rivers,
    (B)or your indignation against the sea,
(C)when you rode on your horses,
    (D)on your chariot of salvation?
You stripped the sheath from your bow,
    calling for many arrows.[a] Selah
    (E)You split the earth with rivers.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:9 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

Were you angry with the rivers,(A) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(B)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?(C)
You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.(D)
You split the earth with rivers;

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13 For (A)I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, (B)O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and (C)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(D)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and will march forth in (E)the whirlwinds (F)of the south.

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13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(A)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(B)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(C)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(D)

The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(E)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(F)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(G)
    he will march in the storms(H) of the south,

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