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\c 3
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\v 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.
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\v 2 Yahweh, I have heard about you;
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\q1 and I revere you because of all the amazing things that you have done.
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\q2 In our time, do again some of those things that you did long ago!
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\q1 Even when you are angry with us,
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\q2 act mercifully toward us!
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\q1
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\v 3 In a vision, I saw God, the Holy One, coming from the region of Teman in Edom;
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\q2 I also saw him coming from the Paran hills in the region of Sinai.
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\q1 His glory filled the sky,
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\q2 and the earth was full of people who were praising him.
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\q1
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\v 4 His glory was like the sunrise;
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\q2 rays flashed from his hands
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\q2 where he keeps his power.
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\q1
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\v 5 He sent plagues in front of him,
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\q2 and other plagues came behind him.
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\q1
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\v 6 When he stopped, the earth shook.
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\q2 When he looked at the nations,
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\q1 all the people trembled.
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\q2 The hills and mountains that have existed since the beginning of time collapsed and crumbled.
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\q2 He is the only one who exists eternally!
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\q1
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\v 7 In the vision I saw the people who live in tents in the region of Cushan were very afraid,
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\q2 and the people in the region of Midian were trembling.
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\q1
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\v 8 Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you struck them?
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\q2 Did the seas cause you to be furious,
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\q1 with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots
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\q2 that you used to bring victory to your cause?
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\q1
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\v 9 It was as though you uncovered your bow and prepared to shoot it,
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\q2 and had grasped arrows to put to your bow.
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\q1 Then you split open the earth,
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\q2 and streams burst out.
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\q1
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\v 10 It is as though the mountains saw you doing that,
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\q2 and they trembled in pain.
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\q1 The water rushed by in floods;
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\q2 it was as though the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high.
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\q1
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\v 11 The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky,
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\q2 while your lightning flashed past like a swift arrow,
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\q2 and your glittering spear flashed.
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\q1
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\v 12 Being very angry, you walked across the earth
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\q2 and trampled the armies of many nations!
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\q1
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\v 13 But you also went to rescue your people,
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\q2 and to save the one whom you have chosen.
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\q1 You struck down the leader of those wicked people
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\q2 and took away all his power completely.
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\q1
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\v 14 With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like a whirlwind to attack and scatter us,
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\q2 thinking that they could conquer us as easily as they defeat the weak people who hide from them.
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\q1
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\v 15 You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies,
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\q2 and caused the waves to surge.
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\q1
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\v 16 When I saw that vision,
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\q2 my heart pounded
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\q1 and my lips quivered
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\q2 because I became afraid.
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\q1 My legs became weak
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\q2 and I shook, because I was terrified.
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\q1 But I will wait quietly for the people of Babylonia, those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
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\q1
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\v 17 Therefore,
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\q1 even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees,
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\q2 and there are no grapes on the grapevines,
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\q1 and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees,
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\q2 and there are no crops in the fields,
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\q1 and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields,
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\q2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do.
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\q1
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\v 18 I will rejoice because of Yahweh!
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\q2 I will be joyful because my God is the one who saves me!
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\q1
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\v 19 Yahweh the Lord is the one who gives me strength,
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\q2 and he enables me to climb safely like a deer does,
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\q2 he makes me walk on my high hills.
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\q (This message is for the choir director:
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\q2 When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments.)
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