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\par }{\MT HABAKKUK

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
which
Habakkuk
the
prophet
did
see.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}O
Jehovah,
how
long
shall
I
cry,
and
thou
wilt
not
hear?
I
cry
out
unto
thee
of
violence,
and
thou
wilt
not
save.
\VS{3}Why
dost
thou
show
me
iniquity,
and
look
upon
perverseness?
for
destruction
and
violence
are
before
me;
and
there
is
strife,
and
contention
riseth
up.
\VS{4}Therefore
the
law
is
slacked,
and
justice
doth
never
go
forth;
for
the
wicked
doth
compass
about
the
righteous;
therefore
justice
goeth
forth
perverted.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Behold
ye
among
the
nations,
and
look,
and
wonder
marvellously;
for
I
am
working
a
work
in
your
days,
which
ye
will
not
believe
though
it
be
told
you.
\VS{6}For,
lo,
I
raise
up
the
Chaldeans,
that
bitter
and
hasty
nation,
that
march
through
the
breadth
of
the
earth,
to
possess dwelling-places
that
are
not
theirs.
\VS{7}They
are
terrible
and
dreadful;
their
judgment
and
their
dignity
proceed
from
themselves.
\VS{8}Their
horses
also
are
swifter
than
leopards,
and
are
more
fierce
than
the
evening
wolves;
and
their
horsemen
press
proudly
on:
yea,
their
horsemen
come
from
far;
they
fly
as
an
eagle
that
hasteth
to
devour.
\VS{9}They
come
all
of
them
for
violence;
the
set
of
their
faces
is forwards;
and
they
gather
captives
as
the
sand.
\VS{10}Yea,
he scoffeth
at
kings,
and
princes
are
a
derision
unto
him;
he derideth
every
stronghold;
for
he
heapeth
up
dust,
and
taketh
it.
\VS{11}Then
shall
he
sweep
by
{\ADD{
as}}
a
wind,
and
shall
pass
over,
and
be
guilty,
{\ADD{
even}}
he
whose
might
is
his
god.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Art
not
thou
from
everlasting,
O
Jehovah
my
God,
my
Holy
One?
we
shall
not
die.
O
Jehovah,
thou
hast
ordained
him
for
judgment;
and
thou,
O
Rock,
hast
established
him
for
correction.
\VS{13}Thou
that
art
of
purer
eyes
than
to
behold
evil,
and
that
canst
not
look
on
perverseness,
wherefore
lookest
thou
upon
them
that
deal
treacherously,
and
holdest
thy
peace
when
the
wicked
swalloweth
up
the
man
that
is
more
righteous
than
he;
\VS{14}and
makest
men
as
the
fishes
of
the
sea,
as
the
creeping
things,
that
have
no
ruler
over
them?
\VS{15}He
taketh
up
all
of
them
with
the
angle,
he
catcheth
them
in
his
net,
and
gathereth
them
in
his
drag:
therefore
he
rejoiceth
and
is
glad.
\VS{16}Therefore
he
sacrificeth
unto
his
net,
and
burneth
incense
unto
his
drag;
because
by
them
his
portion
is
fat,
and
his
food
plenteous.
\VS{17}Shall
he
therefore
empty
his
net,
and
spare
not
to
slay
the
nations
continually?

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
will
stand
upon
my
watch,
and
set
me
upon
the
tower,
and
will
look
forth
to
see
what
he
will
speak
with
me,
and
what
I
shall
answer
concerning
my
complaint.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
answered
me,
and
said,
Write
the
vision,
and
make
it
plain
upon
tablets,
that
he
may
run
that
readeth
it.
\VS{3}For
the
vision
is
yet
for
the
appointed
time,
and
it
hasteth
toward
the
end,
and
shall
not
lie:
though
it
tarry,
wait
for
it;
because
it
will
surely
come,
it
will
not
delay.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Behold,
his
soul
is puffed
up,
it
is
not
upright
in
him;
but
the
righteous
shall
live
by
his
faith.
\VS{5}Yea,
moreover,
wine
is
treacherous,
a
haughty
man,
that
keepeth
not
at
home;
who
enlargeth
his
desire
as
Sheol,
and
he
is
as
death,
and
cannot
be
satisfied,
but
gathereth
unto
him
all
nations,
and
heapeth
unto
him
all
peoples.
\VS{6}Shall
not
all
these
take
up
a
parable
against
him,
and
a
taunting
proverb
against
him,
and
say,
Woe
to
him
that
increaseth
that
which
is
not
his!
how
long?
and
that
ladeth
himself
with
pledges!
\VS{7}Shall
they
not
rise
up
suddenly
that
shall
bite
thee,
and
awake
that
shall
vex
thee,
and
thou shalt
be
for
booty
unto
them?
\VS{8}Because
thou
hast
plundered
many
nations,
all
the
remnant
of
the
peoples
shall
plunder
thee,
because
of
men’s
blood,
and
for
the
violence
done
to
the
land,
to
the
city
and
to
all
that
dwell
therein.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Woe
to
him
that
getteth
an
evil
gain
for
his
house,
that
he
may
set
his
nest
on
high,
that
he
may
be
delivered
from
the
hand
of
evil!
\VS{10}Thou
hast
devised
shame
to
thy
house,
by
cutting
off
many
peoples,
and
hast
sinned
against
thy
soul.
\VS{11}For
the
stone
shall
cry
out
of
the
wall,
and
the
beam
out
of
the
timber
shall
answer
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Woe
to
him
that
buildeth
a
town
with
blood,
and
establisheth
a
city
by
iniquity!
\VS{13}Behold,
is
it
not
of
Jehovah
of
hosts
that
the
peoples
labor
for
the
fire,
and
the
nations
weary
themselves
for
vanity?
\VS{14}For
the
earth
shall
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
Jehovah,
as
the
waters
cover
the
sea.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Woe
unto
him
that
giveth
his
neighbor
drink,
{\ADD{
to
thee}}
that addest
thy
venom,
and
makest
him
drunken
also,
that
thou
mayest
look
on
their
nakedness!
\VS{16}Thou
art
filled
with
shame,
and
not
glory:
drink
thou
also,
and
be
as
one
uncircumcised;
the
cup
of Jehovah’s
right
hand
shall
come
round
unto
thee,
and
foul
shame
shall
be
upon
thy
glory.
\VS{17}For
the
violence
done
to
Lebanon
shall
cover
thee,
and
the
destruction
of
the
beasts,
which
made
them
afraid;
because
of
men’s
blood,
and
for
the
violence
done
to
the
land,
to
the
city
and
to
all
that
dwell
therein.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}What
profiteth
the
graven
image,
that
the
maker
thereof
hath
graven
it;
the
molten
image,
even
the
teacher
of
lies,
that
he
that
fashioneth
its
form
trusteth
therein,
to
make
dumb
idols?
\VS{19}Woe
unto
him
that
saith
to
the
wood,
Awake;
to
the
dumb
stone,
Arise!
Shall
this
teach?
Behold,
it
is
overlaid
with
gold
and
silver,
and
there
is
no
breath
at
all
in
the
midst
of
it.
\VS{20}But
Jehovah
is
in
his
holy
temple:
let
all
the
earth
keep
silence
before
him.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
prayer
of
Habakkuk
the
prophet,
set
to
Shigionoth.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}O
Jehovah,
I
have
heard
the
report
of
thee,
and
am
afraid:
\par }{\Q O
Jehovah,
revive
thy
work
in
the
midst
of
the
years;
\par }{\Q In
the
midst
of
the
years
make
it
known;
\par }{\Q In
wrath
remember
mercy.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}God
came
from
Teman,
\par }{\Q And
the
Holy
One
from
mount
Paran.
\par }{\QS [Selah\par }
{\Q His
glory
covered
the
heavens,
\par }{\Q And
the
earth
was
full
of
his
praise.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}And
{\ADD{
his}}
brightness
was
as
the
light;
\par }{\Q He
had
rays
{\ADD{
coming
forth}}
from
his
hand;
\par }{\Q And
there
was
the
hiding
of
his
power.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Before
him
went
the
pestilence,
\par }{\Q And
fiery
bolts
went
forth
at
his
feet.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
stood,
and
measured
the
earth;
\par }{\Q He
beheld,
and
drove
asunder
the
nations;
\par }{\Q And
the
eternal
mountains
were
scattered;
\par }{\Q The
everlasting
hills
did
bow;
\par }{\Q His
goings
were
{\ADD{
as}}
of
old.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I
saw
the
tents
of
Cushan
in
affliction;
\par }{\Q The
curtains
of
the
land
of
Midian
did
tremble.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Was
Jehovah
displeased
with
the
rivers?
\par }{\Q Was
thine
anger
against
the
rivers,
\par }{\Q Or
thy
wrath
against
the
sea,
\par }{\Q That
thou
didst
ride
upon
thy
horses,
\par }{\Q Upon
thy
chariots
of
salvation?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thy
bow
was
made
quite
bare;
\par }{\Q The
oaths
to
the
tribes
were
a
{\ADD{
sure}}
word.
\par }{\QS [Selah\par }
{\Q Thou
didst
cleave
the
earth
with
rivers.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
mountains
saw
thee,
and
were
afraid;
\par }{\Q The
tempest
of
waters
passed
by;
\par }{\Q The
deep
uttered
its
voice,
\par }{\Q And
lifted
up
its
hands
on
high.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The
sun
and
moon
stood
still
in
their
habitation,
\par }{\Q At
the
light
of
thine
arrows
as
they
went,
\par }{\Q At
the
shining
of
thy
glittering
spear.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou
didst
march
through
the
land
in
indignation;
\par }{\Q Thou
didst
thresh
the
nations
in
anger.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou
wentest
forth
for
the
salvation
of
thy
people,
\par }{\Q For
the
salvation
of
thine
anointed;
\par }{\Q Thou
woundedst
the
head
out
of
the
house
of
the
wicked
man,
\par }{\Q Laying
bare
the
foundation
even
unto
the
neck.
\par }{\QS [Selah\par }
{\Q \VS{14}Thou
didst
pierce
with
his
own
staves
the
head
of
his
warriors:
\par }{\Q They
came
as
a
whirlwind
to
scatter
me;
\par }{\Q Their
rejoicing
was
as
to
devour
the
poor
secretly.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou
didst
tread
the
sea
with
thy
horses,
\par }{\Q The
heap
of
mighty
waters.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}I
heard,
and
my
body
trembled,
\par }{\Q My
lips
quivered
at
the
voice;
\par }{\Q Rottenness
entereth
into
my
bones,
and
I
tremble
in
my
place;
\par }{\Q Because
I
must
wait
quietly
for
the
day
of
trouble,
\par }{\Q For
the
coming
up
of
the
people
that invadeth
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
though
the fig-tree
shall
not
flourish,
\par }{\Q Neither
shall
fruit
be
in
the
vines;
\par }{\Q The
labor
of
the
olive
shall
fail,
\par }{\Q And
the
fields
shall
yield
no
food;
\par }{\Q The
flock
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
fold,
\par }{\Q And
there
shall
be
no
herd
in
the
stalls:
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yet
I
will
rejoice
in
Jehovah,
\par }{\Q I
will
joy
in
the
God
of
my
salvation.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Jehovah,
the
Lord,
is
my
strength;
\par }{\Q And
he
maketh
my
feet
like
hinds’
{\ADD{
feet}},
\par }{\Q And
will
make
me
to
walk
upon
my
high
places.
\par }{\D For
the
Chief
Musician,
on
my
stringed
instruments.
\par }