Habakkuk 3:1

A prayer by Habakkuk the prophet,—in the manner of an Ode.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

In Context

2O Yahweh, I have heard tidings of thee, I am afraid. O Yahweh! Thy work—in the midst of the years, O revive it, in the midst of the years, wilt thou make known? In trouble, wilt thou remember, compassion?

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Cross References

Psalms 7:1O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge,—Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me:

Psalms 90:1Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:

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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