43 The Prayer of Habakkuk

Refrain:

AllYou came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed, O God.

1O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.

2In the midst of the years renew it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
in wrath remember mercy.

3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

4His brightness was like the sun,
rays flashed from his hand; there he veiled his power.

5You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed.

6You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning the mighty waters.

7I hear, and my belly trembles,
my lips quiver at the sound;

8Rottenness enters into my bones,
and my steps totter beneath me.

9I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon the people that invade us.

10Though the fig tree does not blossom,
nor fruit appear on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food,

11Though the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,

12Yet will I rejoice in the Lord,
I will exult in the God of my salvation.

13God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
and makes me tread upon the high places.

Habakkuk 3.2-4, 13a, 15-19

AllGlory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.

AllYou came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed, O God.