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Before him went the pestilence,
And [a]fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
He stood, and [b]measured the earth;
He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;
And the eternal mountains were scattered;
The everlasting hills did bow;
[c]His goings were as of old.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:5 Or, burning coals
  2. Habakkuk 3:6 Or, shook
  3. Habakkuk 3:6 Or, His ways are everlasting

Plague(A) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(B)
    and the age-old hills(C) collapsed(D)
    but he marches on forever.(E)
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian(F) in anguish.(G)

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