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Habakkuk 3:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Habakkuk 3:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed one.[a]
You crushed the back of the wicked,
you laid him bare, bottom to neck.
Selah
Footnotes
- 3:13 Your anointed one: the theocratic king, the head of God’s people. The back of the wicked: this may refer both to God’s cosmic enemy, River/Sea, and to the leader of Israel’s historical enemy.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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