# Habakkuk 03 📖: Habakkuk's Prayer of Faith
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Habakkuk’s Vision of the Divine Warrior
[[#Verse 01.]] This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:
[[#Verse 02.]] Lord, I have heard the report of what you did;
I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished.
In our time repeat those deeds;
in our time reveal them again.
But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
[[#Verse 03.]] God comes from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran. _Selah_.
His splendor has covered the skies,
the earth is full of his glory.
[[#Verse 04.]] His brightness will be as lightning;
a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand.
This is the outward display of his power.
[[#Verse 05.]] Plague will go before him;
pestilence will march right behind him.
[[#Verse 06.]] He took his battle position and shook the earth;
with a mere look he frightened the nations.
The ancient mountains disintegrated;
the primeval hills were flattened.
His are ancient roads.
[[#Verse 07.]] I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.
[[#Verse 08.]] Was the Lord mad at the rivers?
Were you angry with the rivers?
Were you enraged at the sea?
Such that you would climb into your horse-drawn chariots,
your victorious chariots?
[[#Verse 09.]] Your bow is ready for action;
you commission your arrows.
_Selah_.
You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.
[[#Verse 10.]] When the mountains see you, they shake.
The torrential downpour sweeps through.
The great deep shouts out;
it lifts its hands high.
[[#Verse 11.]] The sun and moon stand still in their courses;
the flash of your arrows drives them away,
the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
[[#Verse 12.]] You furiously stomp on the earth;
you angrily trample down the nations.
[[#Verse 13.]] You march out to deliver your people,
to deliver your special servant.
You strike the leader of the wicked nation,
laying him open from the lower body to the neck.
_Selah_.
[[#Verse 14.]] You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear.
They storm forward to scatter us;
they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.
[[#Verse 15.]] But you trample on the sea with your horses,
on the surging, raging waters.
### Habakkuk Declares His Confidence
[[#Verse 16.]] I listened and my stomach churned;
the sound made my lips quiver.
My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying,
and I shook as I tried to walk.
I long for the day of distress
to come upon the people who attack us.
[[#Verse 17.]] When the fig tree does not bud,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
when the olive trees do not produce
and the fields yield no crops;
when the sheep disappear from the pen
and there are no cattle in the stalls—
[[#Verse 18.]] I will rejoice because of the Lord;
I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
[[#Verse 19.]] The Sovereign Lord is my source of strength.
He gives me the agility of a deer;
he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. "Shigionoth" (3:1) is a musical or poetic term whose exact meaning is uncertain (compare Psalm 7).
2. "Selah" appears three times in this chapter (3:3, 9, 13). Outside the Psalms, it appears only here in the Bible.
3. Teman and Mount Paran (3:3) were regions to the south, associated with God coming from Sinai (Deuteronomy 33:2).
4. The sun and moon standing still (3:11) recalls Joshua 10:12-13.
5. "Your anointed one" (3:13) uses the Hebrew word *mashiach*, from which we get "Messiah."
6. 3:17 lists the main sources of food in Israel: figs, grapes, olives, grain, flocks, and herds.
7. Habakkuk moves from complaint in chapter 1 to praise in chapter 3.
8. "Feet like a deer" (3:19) also appears in Psalm 18:33.
9. The chapter ends with a note for the choir director, like many psalms, suggesting it was used in worship.
10. Habakkuk 3 recalls the exodus, the crossing of the sea, and the conquest in poetic form.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the Anointed One God goes out to save (3:13). In Him we can rejoice in the God of our salvation even when the fig tree does not blossom (3:17-18; Philippians 4:4).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Habakkuk prays, "In wrath remember mercy" (3:2). Why is this a fitting prayer for God's people?
2. Habakkuk recalls God's mighty acts in the past (3:3-15). How does remembering what God has done help us trust Him now?
3. Even if the crops fail, Habakkuk will rejoice in the Lord (3:17-18). What would it look like for you to rejoice in God when things fall apart?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 2: Lord, revive Your work in our day, and in wrath remember mercy.
- 📖 verses 17-18: Though the fig tree does not bud and the fields produce no food, I will rejoice in the Lord.
- 📖 verse 19: The Lord God is my strength; He makes my feet like a deer's and lets me walk on the heights.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Philippians 04#Verse 04.|Philippians 4:4]] - Rejoice in the Lord always.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 18#Verse 33.|Psalm 18:33]] - He makes my feet like a deer's.
- 🔗 [[Joshua 10#Verse 12.|Joshua 10:12-13]] - The sun stood still.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 77#Verse 11.|Psalm 77:11-20]] - Remembering God's mighty deeds.
- 🔗 [[2 Corinthians 04#Verse 08.|2 Corinthians 4:8-9]] - Pressed but not crushed.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Habakkuk 03- SOAP|Praise in the Darkness]]
## 📂 Internal Notes