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# General Information:
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Here the author quotes from the prophet Habakkuk. This directly follows the quotation from the prophet Isaiah in the previous verse.
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# My righteous one ... If he shrinks ... with him
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These refer to any of God's people in general. Alternate translation: "My faithful people ... If any one of them shrinks ... with that person" or "My faithful people ... If they shrink ... with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])
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# My righteous ... my soul will
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Here "My" and "my soul" refer to God.
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# my soul
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The soul is a metonym for the whole being.
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# shrinks back
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stops doing the good thing he is doing
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