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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
God
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
is my strength
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
, and he will make
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
my feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
like hinds’
'ayalah (Hebrew #355)
a doe or female deer
KJV usage: hind.
Pronounce: ah-yaw-law'
Origin: feminine of 354
feet, and he will make me to walk
darak (Hebrew #1869)
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV usage: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Pronounce: daw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
upon mine high places
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
. To the chief singer
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
on my νstringed instruments
ngiynah (Hebrew #5058)
from 5059; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
KJV usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
Pronounce: neg-ee-naw'
Origin: or ngiynath (Psa. 61:title) {neg-ee-nath'}
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Neginoth,
Psa. 4•  (Psa. 4)
, Title.

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my strength.
Psa. 18:1• 1To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. (Psa. 18:1)
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Psa. 27:1• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 46:1• 1To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found. (Psa. 46:1)
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Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 45:24• 24Only in Jehovah, shall [one] say, have I righteousness and strength: to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (Isa. 45:24)
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Zech. 10:12• 12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah. (Zech. 10:12)
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2 Cor. 12:9‑10• 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)
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Eph. 3:16• 16that he would give you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power by his Spirit into the inner man, (Eph. 3:16)
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Phil. 4:13• 13In all things I am strong in him that empowereth me. (Phil. 4:13)
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Col. 1:11• 11in all power empowered according to the might of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy; (Col. 1:11)
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2 Sam. 22:34• 34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,{HR}And setteth me upon my high places.{HR} (2 Sam. 22:34)
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Psa. 18:33• 33He maketh my feet like hinds;{HR}And upon my high places he causeth me to stand, (Psa. 18:33)
to walk.
Deut. 32:13• 13He made him ride on the high places of the earth,{HR}And he ate the produce of the field;{HR}And he made him suck honey out of the crag,{HR}And oil out of the flinty rock;{HR} (Deut. 32:13)
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Deut. 33:29• 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:29)
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Isa. 58:14• 14then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 58:14)
stringed instruments.
Heb. Neginoth.
Psa. 4:1‑8• 1To the chief musician upon stringed instruments:{HR}A Psalm of David.{HR}When I call, answer thou me,{HR}O God of my righteousness;{HR}In adversity thou hast made room for me:{HR}Be merciful to me and hear my prayer.
 2Ye sons of men, how long [shall] my glory [be] for a shame?{HR}Ye love vanity, ye seek a lie. Selah.
 3But know ye that Jehovah hath set apart him that is godly for himself:{HR}Jehovah heareth when I call unto him.
 4Tremble and sin not;{HR}Commune in your heart upon your bed and be still. Selah.
 5Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness,{HR}And trust in Jehovah.
 6Many are saying, "Who will show us good?"{HR}Lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Jehovah.
 7Thou hast put joy into my heart{HR}More than at the time their corn and their wine were increased.
 8In peace I will both lie down and sleep,{HR}For thou alone, O Jehovah, causest me to dwell safely. (Psa. 4:1‑8)
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Psa. 6:1‑10• 1To the chief musician on stringed instruments, upon Sheminith;{HR}A Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger,{HR}And chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.
 2Be merciful unto me, O Jehovah, for I am languishing;{HR}Heal me, O Jehovah, for my bones are terrified.
 3And my soul is greatly terrified;{HR}And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
 4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul;{HR}Save me for thy mercy's sake.
 5For in death there is no remembrance of thee;{HR}In Sheol who shall praise thee?
 6I am weary with my sighing;{HR}All the night make I my bed to swim;{HR}I cause my couch to flow down with my tears.
 7Mine eye is consumed through grief,{HR}It has grown old because of all mine adversaries.
 8Depart from me, all workers of iniquity;{HR}For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.
 9Jehovah hath heard my supplication,{HR}Jehovah will receive my prayer.
 10All mine enemies shall be greatly ashamed and terrified;{HR}They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly. (Psa. 6:1‑10)
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Psa. 54:1‑7• 1To the chief musician, upon Neginoth ; an instruction of David, when the Ziphites went in and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?{HR}O God, by thy name save me,{HR}By thy might judge (vindicate) me.
 2O God, hear my prayer;{HR}Give ear to the words of my mouth.
 3For strangers are risen up against me,{HR}And oppressors seek after my soul;{HR}They set not God before them. Selah.
 4Behold, God [is] a helper for me;{HR}The Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
 5He will requite the evil to my adversaries;{HR}In thy truth cut them off.
 6With a freewill offering I will sacrifice unto thee;{HR}I will praise thy name, O Jehovah, for [it is] good.
 7For out of all trouble he delivered me;{HR}And mine eye hath looked upon mine enemies. (Psa. 54:1‑7)
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Psa. 55:1‑23• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth : an instruction of David.{HR}Give ear to my prayer, O God,{HR}And hide not thyself from my supplication.
 2Attend unto me and answer me.{HR}I am restless in my plaint and moan,{HR}Because of the voice of the enemy,
 3Because of the oppression of the wicked;{HR}For they cast iniquity upon me,{HR}And in anger they persecute me.
 4My heart is writhing within me,{HR}And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
 5Fear and trembling are come upon me,{HR}And horror hath overwhelmed me.
 6And I said, Who will give me wings as the dove?{HR}I would fly away and be at rest.
 7Behold, I would flee far off,{HR}I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
 8I would hasten my escape from stormy wind, from tempest.
 9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue;{HR}For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
 10Day and night they surround it upon its walls;{HR}And iniquity and mischief [are] in its midst.
 11Perversities [are] in its midst;{HR}And oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
 12For [it was] not an enemy reproached me:{HR}Then I had borne [it];{HR}Neither did he that hateth me magnify [himself] against me:{HR}Then had I hidden myself from him;
 13But thou, a man mine equal,{HR}Mine intimate, my familiar!
 14We who together sweetened counsel,{HR}To the house of God we walked in the throng.
 15Let death seize them,{HR}Let them go down alive [to] Sheol.{HR}For evils [are] in their dwelling, in their midst.
 16As for me, unto God will I call;{HR}And Jehovah will save me.
 17Evening and morning and noon I will complain and moan;{HR}And he will hear my voice.
 18He redeemed my soul in peace from the war against me,{HR}For many were [contending] with me.
 19God will hear and answer (afflict) them—{HR}He that is seated of old, Selah—{HR}Who have no changes and fear not God.
 20He put forth his hands against those at peace with him;{HR}He profaned his covenant.
 21Smooth as butter was his mouth,{HR}And war his heart;{HR}His words were softer than oil,{HR}And [yet] they are drawn swords.
 22Cast upon Jehovah thy burden ,{HR}And he will sustain thee;{HR}He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of corruption:{HR}Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.{HR}But for me, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:1‑23)
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Psa. 67:1‑7• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth ; a psalm, a song.{HR}God be gracious to us and bless us;{HR}Cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),
 2That thy way may be known upon earth,{HR}Thy salvation in all nations.
 3Let the peoples give thee thanks, O God,{HR}Let all the peoples give thee thanks.
 4Let the Gentiles rejoice and shout for joy,{HR}For thou wilt judge the peoples equitably,{HR}And the Gentiles upon earth,{HR}Thou wilt guide them. Selah.
 5Let the peoples give thee thanks, O God,{HR}Let all the peoples give thee thanks.
 6The earth hath yielded its increase;
 7God, our God, will bless us;{HR}God will bless us,{HR}And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. (Psa. 67:1‑7)
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Psa. 76:1‑12• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth; a psalm of Asaph, a song.{HR}God [is] known in Judah,{HR}Great his name in Israel;
 2And in Salem his pavilion{HR}And his dwelling-place in Zion.
 3There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow,{HR}The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
 4Splendid [art] thou, glorious,{HR}More than the mountains of prey.
 5The strong of heart have been spoiled,{HR}They have slumbered their sleep;{HR}And none of the men of might have found their hands.
 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,{HR}Both chariot and horse [are] cast into a dead sleep.
 7Thou [art] terrible, thou;{HR}And who shall stand in thy presence when once [in] thine anger?
 8From the heavens thou didst cause judgment to be heard;{HR}The earth feared and was still.
 9When God rose for the judgment,{HR}To save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
 10For the wrath of man shall praise thee;{HR}The remainder of fury wilt thou restrain .
 11Vow and pray to Jehovah your God:{HR}All around him will bring a present to the Fear .
 12He will cut off the spirit of princes,{HR}Terrible to the kings of the earth. (Psa. 76:1‑12)
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Psa. 76•  (Psa. 76)
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• How encouraging to trace the way in which this God-fearing man is led from being on his face in anguish of soul before God because of the failure of God's people {1:2}, to take his stand on the watch-tower, to hear the words of the Lord {2:1}. Then, having learned the mind of the Lord, to see him on his knees in prayer {3:1}, with the result that finally he walks on high places with joy in his heart and praise on his lips {3:19}. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah, the Lordc, is my strength, And he maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, And he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief Musician. On my stringed instruments.

JND Translation Notes

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Jehovah Adonai. see Ezek. 2.4.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah the Lord is my strength,