Habakkuk 3:1

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, put to Shigionoth.

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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

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2O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:1Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.

Psalms 90:1A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 3:1

Still the correspondence is kept up between God and his prophet. In the first chapter he spoke to God, then God to him, and then he to God again; in the second chapter God spoke wholly to him by the Spirit of prophecy; now, in this chapter , he speaks wholly to God by the Spirit of prayer, for he would not let the intercourse drop on his side, like a genuine son of Abraham, who "returned not to his place until God had left communing with him." Gen. xviii. 33 . The prophet's prayer, in this chapter, is in imitation… Read the whole commentary →

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