¹Inilah doa Nabi Habakuk:

¹A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

²Ya TUHAN, kudengar tentang perbuatan-Mu, maka rasa khidmat memenuhi hatiku. Kiranya perbuatan besar itu Kauulangi dan Kaunyatakan di zaman kami ini. Hendaknya kami Kaukasihani walaupun Engkau panas hati.

²O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

³Engkau Allah Yang Mahasuci datang dari Teman, Engkau datang dari pegunungan Paran. Langit diliputi keagungan-Mu; bumi penuh dengan pujian bagi-Mu.

³God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

⁴Kaudatang dengan cahaya cemerlang, dari tangan-Mu keluar sinar gemilang, di situlah kuasa-Mu Kausembunyikan.

⁴And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

⁵Kausuruh penyakit berjalan di depan-Mu dan maut ikut di belakang-Mu.

⁵Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

⁶Jika Engkau berhenti, bumi bergetar; jika Engkau memandang, bangsa-bangsa gempar. Gunung-gunung yang abadi terbelah-belah; bukit-bukit yang kekal pun merendah, di bukit-bukit itulah Engkau berjalan sejak zaman purba.

⁶He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.

⁷Kulihat rakyat Kusyan ditimpa ketakutan, dan orang Midian gemetaran.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

⁸Ya TUHAN, karena lautkah Engkau naik darah? Sungai-sungaikah yang membuat Engkau marah? Kautunggangi awan sebagai kuda dan kereta perang, ketika umat-Mu Kauberi kemenangan.

⁸Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

⁹Busur-Mu sudah Kausediakan, panah-Mu siap untuk dilepaskan. Lalu bumi Kaubelah menjadi sungai-sungai.

⁹Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

¹⁰Melihat Engkau, gunung-gunung berguncang dari langit turun hujan seperti tertuang. Air di bawah tanah gemuruh suaranya, ombaknya gulung-gemulung dan bergelora.

¹⁰The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

¹¹Cahaya panah-panah-Mu melaju cepat, tombak-Mu kemilau berkilat-kilat, maka berhentilah matahari dan bulan di tempat.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

¹²Dengan geram Engkau menjelajahi bumi; bangsa-bangsa Kauinjak-injak dengan panas hati.

¹²Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

¹³Engkau melangkah maju untuk membebaskan umat-Mu dan untuk menyelamatkan raja pilihan-Mu. Kaupukul jatuh pemimpin orang durjana, Kausapu habis semua pengikutnya.

¹³Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

¹⁴Panah-panah-Mu menembus pemimpin pasukan lawan waktu tentaranya datang sekuat topan, agar kami diceraiberaikan. Mereka tertawa dengan senang seperti orang yang dengan diam-diam menindas orang yang berkekurangan.

¹⁴Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

¹⁵Dengan kuda-Mu Kauinjak-injak samudera dan lautan yang putih berbusa.

¹⁵Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

¹⁶Mendengar itu, hatiku gentar dan bibirku bergetar. Aku menjadi lemah tanpa kekuatan, kakiku tersandung, di mana pun aku berjalan. Aku akan menunggu dengan tenang hukuman Allah atas para penyerang.

¹⁶I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

¹⁷Meskipun pohon ara tak ada buahnya dan pohon anggur tak ada anggurnya, biarpun panen zaitun menemui kegagalan dan hasil gandum di ladang mengecewakan, walaupun domba-domba mati semua dan kandang ternak tiada isinya,

¹⁷For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

¹⁸aku akan gembira selalu, sebab Engkau TUHAN Allah penyelamatku.

¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁹Engkau memberi aku kekuatan seperti kaki rusa, kakiku Kaukokohkan. Engkau membimbing aku supaya aman waktu berjalan di pegunungan.

¹⁹Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.