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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A prayer
tphillah (Hebrew #8605)
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
KJV usage: prayer.
Pronounce: tef-il-law'
Origin: from 6419
of Habakkuk
Chabaqquwq (Hebrew #2265)
embrace; Chabakkuk, the prophet
KJV usage: Habakkuk.
Pronounce: khab-ak-kook'
Origin: by reduplication from 2263
the prophet
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
upon ζShigionoth
shiggayown (Hebrew #7692)
from 7686; properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem
KJV usage: Shiggaion, Shigionoth.
Pronounce: shig-gaw-yone'
Origin: or shiggayonah {shig-gaw-yo-naw'}
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or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth.

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1-16:  Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.
17-19:  The confidence of his faith.
prayer.
Psa. 86:1‑17• 1A prayer of David.{HR}Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me;{HR}For I [am] poor and needy.
2Keep my soul, for I [am] godly (holy).{HR}O thou my God, save thy servant that confideth in thee.
3Be gracious to me, O Lord,{HR}For unto thee do I call all the day.
4Gladden the soul of thy servant,{HR}For unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5For thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee.
6Give ear, O Jehovah, to my prayer,{HR}And attend to the voice of my supplications.
7In the day of my distress I will call upon thee,{HR}For thou wilt answer me.
8There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord,{HR}And there are none like thy works,
9All nations whom thou hast made shall come{HR}And worship before thee, O Lord,{HR}And shall glorify thy name.
10For thou [art] great{HR}And doest wondrous things;{HR}Thou [art] God, alone.
11Teach me, O Jehovah, thy way,{HR}I will walk in thy truth:{HR}Unite my heart to fear thy name.
12I will thank thee, O Lord my Saviour,{HR}With all my heart,{HR}And I will glorify thy name forever.
13For thy mercy [is] great unto me,{HR}And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
14O God, proud men rise against me,{HR}And an assembly of violent [men] sought my soul{HR}And set thee not before them.
15And thou, Lord, [art] a God (El) merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow of rage and great in mercy and truth.
16Turn unto me and be gracious to me;{HR}Give thy strength to thy servant,{HR}And save the son of thy handmaid.
17Show me a token for good;{HR}And my haters shall see and be ashamed,{HR}Because thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.
(Psa. 86:1‑17)
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Psa. 86•  (Psa. 86)
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Psa. 90:1‑17• 1A prayer of Moses the man of God.{HR}O Lord , thou hast been our dwelling-place{HR}In generation and generation.
2Before mountains were brought forth,{HR}And thou gavest birth to earth and world,{HR}Even from eternity to eternity thou [art] God .
3Thou turnest man to crumbling,{HR}And sayest, Return, sons of men.
4For a thousand years in thine eyes{HR}[Are] as yesterday when it passeth,{HR}And a watch in the night.
5Thou sweepest them away— asleep are they;{HR}In the morning as grass changeth;
6In the morning it flourisheth and changeth;{HR}At the evening it is mown and withereth.
7For we decay in thine anger,{HR}And in thy wrath are we confounded.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,{HR}Our secret [sins] in the light of thy face.
9For all our days are turned away in thy wrath:{HR}We spend our years as a thought.
10The days of our years! in them [are] seventy years,{HR}And if by strength eighty years,{HR}Even their pride [is] trouble and mischief;{HR}For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
11Who knoweth the power of thine anger,{HR}And, as thy fear, thy wrath?
12To number our days thus make [us] know,{HR}And we will get us a heart of wisdom.
13Return, Jehovah: how long?{HR}And repent as to thy servants.
14Satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy,{HR}And we will rejoice and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad like the days thou hast afflicted us,{HR}The years we have seen evil.
16Let thy work appear unto thy servants,{HR}And thy majesty to their sons.
17And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us,{HR}And the work of our hands establish thou upon us;{HR}Even the work of our hands, establish thou it.
(Psa. 90:1‑17)
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Psa. 90•  (Psa. 90)
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upon Shigionoth.
or, according to variable songs, or tunes,called in Hebrew, Shigionoth.
Psa. 7:1‑17• 1A Shiggayon of David which he sang unto Jehovah{HR}Because of the words of Cush, the Benjamite.{HR}O Jehovah, my God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me.
2Lest like a lion he tear my soul, tearing it in pieces,{HR}And there is none to deliver.
3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this;{HR}If there be iniquity in my hands;
4If I have recompensed with evil him that is at peace with me;{HR}If I have spoiled mine adversary without a cause;
5Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,{HR}And let him tread down my life to the ground,{HR}And let him cause mine honour to lie in the dust. Selah.
6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger,{HR}Lift up thyself because of the wrath of mine enemies,{HR}And wake up for me the judgment which thou hast commanded.
7And the congregation of nations shall encompass thee;{HR}Because of it return thou to the height.
8Jehovah will govern the peoples:{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness{HR}And according to mine integrity [that is] upon me.
9Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,{HR}But establish thou the righteous [man]:{HR}And one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God.
10My shield [is] upon God who saveth the upright in heart.
11God judgeth righteously, and God is angry every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword;{HR}He hath bent his bow and made it ready.
13And at him he hath aimed the weapons of death;{HR}He maketh his arrows to be burning.
14Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down.
17I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness,{HR}And I will sing praises unto the name of Jehovah, Most High.
(Psa. 7:1‑17)
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Psa. 7•  (Psa. 7)
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 Habakkuk, however, breaks forth in prayer. It is now a question of the righteous, and not of the judgment of the Chaldean. (Habakkuk 3 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionothb.

JND Translation Notes

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Plural of Shiggaion. see title of Ps. 7.

W. Kelly Translation

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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on Shigionotha.

WK Translation Notes

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It seems plain that "Shigionoth" שִׁנְינוֺח עַל refers here as in the Psalms to music, instruments accompanying the song suitably. In this case it was no doubt of a wild enthusiastic measure, expressive of joy and triumph.