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{\MT HABAKKUK.



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\MM \VerseOne{1}{\SC{The}} burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}O
{\SC{Lord}}, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} cry out unto thee
{\ADD{of}} violence, and thou wilt not save?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause
{\ADD{me}} to behold grievance?

\par }{\Q For spoiling and violence
{\ADD{are}} before me:

\par }{\Q And there are
{\ADD{that}} raise up strife and contention.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:

\par }{\Q For the wicked doth compass about the righteous;

\par }{\Q Therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously:

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{I will}} work a work in your days,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Which}} ye will not believe, though it be told
{\ADD{you}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans,
{\ADD{that}} bitter and hasty nation,

\par }{\Q Which
{\ADD{shall}} march through the breadth of the land,

\par }{\Q To possess the dwelling places
{\ADD{that are}} not theirs.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
{\ADD{are}} terrible and dreadful:

\par }{\Q Their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Their horses also are swifter than the leopards,

\par }{\Q And are more fierce than the evening wolves:

\par }{\Q And their horsemen shall spread themselves,

\par }{\Q And their horsemen shall come from far;

\par }{\Q They shall fly as the eagle
{\ADD{that}} hasteth to eat.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They shall come all for violence:

\par }{\Q Their faces shall sup up
{\ADD{as}} the east wind,

\par }{\Q And they shall gather the captivity as the sand.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And they shall scoff at the kings,

\par }{\Q And the princes
{\ADD{shall be}} a scorn unto them:

\par }{\Q They shall deride every strong hold;

\par }{\Q For they shall heap dust, and take it.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Then shall
{\ADD{his}} mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Imputing}} this his power unto his god.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{Art}} thou not from everlasting,

\par }{\Q O
{\SC{Lord}} my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die.

\par }{\Q O
{\SC{Lord}}, thou hast ordained them for judgment;

\par }{\Q And, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{Thou art}} of purer eyes than to behold evil,

\par }{\Q And canst not look on iniquity:

\par }{\Q Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth
{\ADD{the man that is}} more righteous than he?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And makest men as the fishes of the sea,

\par }{\Q As the creeping things,
{\ADD{that have}} no ruler over them?


\par }{\Q \VS{15}They take up all of them with the angle,

\par }{\Q They catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag:

\par }{\Q Therefore they rejoice and are glad.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag;

\par }{\Q Because by them their portion
{\ADD{is}} fat, and their meat plenteous.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Shall they therefore empty their net,

\par }{\Q And not spare continually to slay the nations?




\par }\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower,

\par }{\Q And will watch to see what he will say unto me,

\par }{\Q And what I shall answer when I am reproved.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}And the
{\SC{Lord}} answered me, and said,

\par }{\Q Write the vision, and make
{\ADD{it}} plain upon tables,

\par }{\Q That he may run that readeth it.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For the vision
{\ADD{is}} yet for an appointed time,

\par }{\Q But at the end it shall speak, and not lie:

\par }{\Q Though it tarry, wait for it;

\par }{\Q Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Behold, his soul
{\ADD{which}} is lifted up is not upright in him:

\par }{\Q But the just shall live by his faith.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Yea also, because he transgresseth
{\ADD{by}} wine,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} a proud man, neither keepeth at home,

\par }{\Q Who enlargeth his desire as hell,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{is}} as death, and cannot be satisfied,

\par }{\Q But gathereth unto him all nations,

\par }{\Q And heapeth unto him all people:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Shall not all these take up a parable against him,

\par }{\Q And a taunting proverb against him, and say,

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q Woe to him that increaseth
{\ADD{that which is}} not his! how long?

\par }{\Q And to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Shall they not rise up suddenly that
{\ADD{shall}} bite thee,

\par }{\Q And awake that
{\ADD{shall}} vex thee,

\par }{\Q And thou shalt be for booties unto them?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Because thou hast spoiled many nations,

\par }{\Q All the remnant of the people shall spoil thee;

\par }{\Q Because of men’s blood, and
{\ADD{for}} the violence of the land,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Of}} the city, and
{\ADD{of}} all that dwell therein.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house,

\par }{\Q That
{\ADD{he}} may set his nest on high, that
{\ADD{he}} may be delivered from the power of evil!


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thou hast consulted shame to thy house

\par }{\Q By cutting off many people,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{hast}} sinned
{\ADD{against}} thy soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For the stone shall cry out of the wall,

\par }{\Q And the beam out of the timber shall answer it.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood,

\par }{\Q And stablisheth a city by iniquity!


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Behold,
{\ADD{is it}} not of the
{\SC{Lord}} of hosts

\par }{\Q That the people shall labour in the very fire,

\par }{\Q And the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q As the waters cover the sea.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,

\par }{\Q That puttest thy bottle to
{\ADD{him}}, and makest
{\ADD{him}} drunken also,

\par }{\Q That thou mayest look on their nakedness!


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thou art filled
{\ADD{with}} shame for glory:

\par }{\Q Drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered:

\par }{\Q The cup of the
{\SC{Lord’s}} right hand shall be turned unto thee,

\par }{\Q And shameful spuing
{\ADD{shall be}} on thy glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee,

\par }{\Q And the spoil of beasts,
{\ADD{which}} made them afraid,

\par }{\Q Because of men’s blood, and
{\ADD{for}} the violence of the land,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Of}} the city, and
{\ADD{of}} all that dwell therein.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it;

\par }{\Q The molten image, and a teacher of lies,

\par }{\Q That the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!

\par }{\Q Behold, it
{\ADD{is}} laid over
{\ADD{with}} gold and silver,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{there is}} no breath at all in the midst of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}But the
{\SC{Lord}}
{\ADD{is}} in his holy temple:

\par }{\Q Let all the earth keep silence before him.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}O
{\SC{Lord}}, I have heard thy speech,
{\ADD{and}} was afraid:

\par }{\Q O
{\SC{Lord}}, revive thy work in the midst of the years,

\par }{\Q In the midst of the years make known;

\par }{\Q In wrath remember mercy.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}God came from Teman,

\par }{\Q And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.

\par }{\Q His glory covered the heavens,

\par }{\Q And the earth was full
{\ADD{of}} his praise.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And
{\ADD{his}} brightness was as the light;

\par }{\Q He had horns
{\ADD{coming}} out of his hand:

\par }{\Q And there
{\ADD{was}} the hiding of his power.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Before him went the pestilence,

\par }{\Q And burning coals 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 everlasting mountains were scattered,

\par }{\Q The perpetual hills did bow:

\par }{\Q His ways
{\ADD{are}} everlasting.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Was the
{\SC{Lord}} displeased against the rivers?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Was}} thine anger against the rivers?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Was}} thy wrath against the sea,

\par }{\Q That thou didst ride upon thine horses
{\ADD{and}} thy chariots of salvation?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thy bow was made quite naked,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{According to}} the oaths of the tribes,
{\ADD{even thy}} word. Selah.

\par }{\Q Thou didst cleave the earth
{\ADD{with}} rivers.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The mountains saw thee,
{\ADD{and}} they trembled:

\par }{\Q The overflowing of the water passed by:

\par }{\Q The deep uttered his voice,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} lift up his hands on high.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The sun
{\ADD{and}} moon stood still in
{\ADD{their}} habitation:

\par }{\Q At the light of thine arrows they went,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} 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 heathen in anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} for salvation with thine anointed;

\par }{\Q Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked,

\par }{\Q By discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:

\par }{\Q They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:

\par }{\Q Their rejoicing
{\ADD{was}} as to devour the poor secretly.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou didst walk through the sea
{\ADD{with}} thine horses,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Through}} the heap of great waters.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}When I heard, my belly trembled;

\par }{\Q My lips quivered at the voice:

\par }{\Q Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself,

\par }{\Q That I might rest in the day of trouble:

\par }{\Q When
{\ADD{he}} cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Although the fig tree shall not blossom,

\par }{\Q Neither
{\ADD{shall}} fruit
{\ADD{be}} in the vines;

\par }{\Q The labour of the olive shall fail,

\par }{\Q And the fields shall yield no meat;

\par }{\Q The flock shall be cut off from the fold,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{there shall be}} no herd in the stalls:


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yet I will rejoice in the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q I will joy in the God of my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}The Lord
{\SC{God}}
{\ADD{is}} my strength,

\par }{\Q And he will make my feet like hinds’
{\ADD{feet}},

\par }{\Q And he will make me to walk upon mine high places.

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.


\par }