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14 His troops had come like a storm,
hoping to scatter us
    and glad to gobble us up.
To them we were refugees
    in hiding—
but you smashed their heads
    with their own weapons.[a]
15 Then your chariots churned
    the waters of the sea.

Habakkuk's Response to God's Message

16 When I heard this message,[b]
I felt weak from fear,
    and my lips quivered.
My bones seemed to melt,
    and I stumbled around.
But I will patiently wait.
Someday those vicious enemies
    will be struck by disaster.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 3.14 but you … weapons: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 3.16 heard this message: Or “saw this vision.”
  3. 3.16 I will … disaster: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(A)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(B) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(C) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(D)

16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.(E)
Yet I will wait patiently(F) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.

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