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12 You marched across the earth in anger;
    in fury you trampled the nations.
13 You went out to save your people,
    to save your chosen king.
You struck down the leader of the wicked
    and completely destroyed his followers.[a]
14 Your arrows pierced the commander of his army
    when it came like a storm to scatter us,
    gloating like those who secretly oppress the poor.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 Probable text completely … followers; Hebrew unclear.
  2. Habakkuk 3:14 Verse 14 in Hebrew is unclear.

12 In wrath you strode through the earth
    and in anger you threshed(A) the nations.
13 You came out(B) to deliver(C) your people,
    to save your anointed(D) one.
You crushed(E) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(F)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(G) who were in hiding.

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