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13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
    for the salvation of thy anointed.
Thou didst crush the head of the wicked,[a]
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.[b]
                Selah
14 Thou didst pierce with thy[c] shafts the head of his warriors,[d]
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 Thou didst trample the sea with thy horses,
    the surging of mighty waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 Cn: Heb head from the house of the wicked
  2. Habakkuk 3:13 Heb obscure
  3. Habakkuk 3:14 Heb his
  4. Habakkuk 3:14 Vg Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain

13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(E)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(F) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(G) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(H)

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