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\h HABAKKUK 
\toc1 Habakkuk 
\toc2 Habakkuk 
\toc3 Hab 
\mt2 This book contains the account of God revealing to Habakkuk that what God does is good. We call this book  
\mt1 Habakkuk  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1  \add I am\add* \w Habakkuk|strong="H2265"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. This \w is|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H2372"\w* \add message that Yahweh\add* gave \w to|strong="H5030"\w* me \w in|strong="H5030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vision.   
\s1 Habakkuk’s first complaint  
\q1
\v 2  \add I said,\add* “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w call|strong="H2199"\w* \add to you\add* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w*  
\q2 \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w respond|strong="H8085"\w*?  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add for help\add*, saying \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \add people are acting\add* violently \add everywhere\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3 ◄\w Must|strong="H5375"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w*/\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* want \w to|strong="H1961"\w*► \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* doing \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w unjust|strong="H5999"\w* [RHQ].  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* punish \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* doing \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2555"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q1 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* destroying \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \add acting\add* violently.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* fighting \w and|strong="H7200"\w* quarreling \add everywhere\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* obeys \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* [PRS],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* judges [PRS] \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* fair/\w just|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\q1 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H5331"\w* defeat \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add in the courts\add*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w matters|strong="H4941"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* decided \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w justly|strong="H4941"\w*.”   
\s1 Yahweh’s reply  
\q1
\v 5  \add Yahweh replied to me,\add*  
\q1 “\add I know that what you say is true, but\add* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* around \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \add what is happening in\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*;  
\q2 \add if you look,\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w amazed|strong="H8539"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w doing|strong="H6466"\w* \w something|strong="H6467"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \add would happen\add*,  
\q2 \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H4908"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w fierce|strong="H4751"\w*/cruel \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w swift|strong="H4116"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* causing \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \add to become very powerful\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w march|strong="H1980"\w* across \w the|strong="H3588"\w* world  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \add many\add* other countries.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4941"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* whom \add others\add* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* very much [DOU],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* whatever \w they|strong="H1931"\w* want \w to|strong="H3318"\w*,  
\q2 paying \w no|strong="H4480"\w* attention \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* laws \w of|strong="H4480"\w* other countries.   
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H7043"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \add that pull their chariots\add* go faster \w than|strong="H7043"\w* \w leopards|strong="H5246"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* they \w are|strong="H5483"\w* fiercer \w than|strong="H7043"\w* \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w in|strong="H6571"\w* \w the|strong="H7043"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H7043"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w on|strong="H7043"\w* \w which|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7043"\w* soldiers ride \w gallop|strong="H6335"\w* swiftly;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H7043"\w* soldiers riding them \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* places.  
\q1 They \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w like|strong="H5483"\w* [SIM] \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* \w that|strong="H6153"\w* \w swoop|strong="H5774"\w* \w down|strong="H5774"\w* \w to|strong="H2363"\w* \add snatch and\add* kill \w small|strong="H7043"\w* animals.   
\q1
\v 9 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* ride \w along|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \add they are\add* determined \w to|strong="H6440"\w* act violently.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* advance \w like|strong="H6440"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* desert,  
\q2 gathering \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \add numerous as grains of\add* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* \add of other countries\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* ridicule \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H4013"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* high walls around \w them|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* pile \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \add outside those walls\add*  
\q2 \add in order to climb up\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H4013"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w They|strong="H2098"\w* rush \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H2098"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \add to attack other cities\add*.  
\q1 But \w they|strong="H2098"\w* are very guilty,  
\q2 because \add they think that\add* their own \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* their god.”   
\s1 Habakkuk’s second complaint  
\q1
\v 12  \add Then I said,\add* “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H4191"\w* [RHQ] always/forever \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*; \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \add why\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* those men \add from Babylonia\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w judge|strong="H3198"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H7760"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add us\add*?  
\q2 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \add under which we are protected/safe\add*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w punish|strong="H3198"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] \w are|strong="H7563"\w* pure, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \add so why \add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* ignoring \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w treacherous|strong="H7451"\w*?  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q2 \add to punish\add* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \add from Babylonia\add*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \add are\add*?   
\q1
\v 14  \add Do you consider that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* other creatures \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w that|strong="H7431"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w*?   
\q1
\v 15  \add The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish\add* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* pull \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sea \w with|strong="H5921"\w* hooks  
\q2 or \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w catch|strong="H1641"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w nets|strong="H2764"\w*,  
\q2 \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* celebrate.   
\q1
\v 16 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w catch|strong="H2506"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H2076"\w* \add worship\add* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* weapons [MET] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* captured \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!  
\q1 \add They will say\add* ‘\w Those|strong="H1992"\w* weapons \w have|strong="H3588"\w* enabled \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w rich|strong="H8082"\w* \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w eat|strong="H3978"\w* expensive \w food|strong="H3978"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 17  \add Will you allow\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w continue|strong="H3651"\w* \add to conquer people\add* [MET] forever?  
\q2 \add Will you allow\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2026"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* being merciful \add to anyone\add*?”   
\c 2  
\q1
\v 1  \add After I said that, I said to myself,\add* “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* climb \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* watchtower,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w guard|strong="H4931"\w* \w post|strong="H4931"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w wait|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q2 \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* complained \w about|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\s1 Yahweh’s second reply  
\p
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Write|strong="H3789"\w* plainly \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \add what I am revealing to you in\add* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*,  
\q2 \add and then read it to a messenger\add*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* can \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \add to tell it to\add* \w other|strong="H7121"\w* people.   
\q1
\v 3 \w In|strong="H5750"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \add I will be talking about things that will happen\add* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H7093"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* happen,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* happen,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4150"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* occur, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* occur quickly,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4150"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w delayed|strong="H4102"\w*.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add want those things to happen immediately, but\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4150"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* happening.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* patiently \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \add to happen\add*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 Think \w about|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w proud|strong="H6075"\w* \add people of Babylonia\add*!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w certainly|strong="H2009"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* doing what \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*  
\q2 because \w they|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully \add do what I want them to do\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add trust in their wealth\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* deceive \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w proud|strong="H3093"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5971"\w* rest.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greedy|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Babylonia open their mouths\add* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w wide|strong="H7337"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \add the place where\add* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* [PRS].  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \add armies of Babylonia\add* conquer \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* capture \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add soon\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add whom they have captured\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w ridicule|strong="H4912"\w* \add the soldiers from Babylonia\add*!  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H7235"\w* fun \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w saying|strong="H2420"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w Terrible|strong="H7235"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* stolen \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add from other countries\add*!  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* got \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* forcing \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H7235"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \add But you certainly will not keep those things\add* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ]!’   
\q1
\v 7 \w Suddenly|strong="H6621"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3808"\w* ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2111"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* away \w all|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w stolen|strong="H4933"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* stole \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* murdered [MTY] \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* people-groups,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* destroyed \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H7151"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* alive \w will|strong="H1471"\w* steal valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w Terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \add people of Babylonia\add* \w who|strong="H1945"\w* build big \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1004"\w* money \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* got \w by|strong="H7451"\w* forcing others \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* proud \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w think|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* safe  
\q2 because \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* built \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w can|strong="H7451"\w* easily defend \w them|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w because|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H3289"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* destroyed \w others|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3289"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \w your|strong="H1004"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* shamed/disgraced,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3289"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* killed.   
\q1
\v 11  \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* stones \w in|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \add of your houses\add* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w accuse|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w beams|strong="H6086"\w* \add in your ceilings\add* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* say \w the|strong="H3588"\w* same things.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 Terrible things \w will|strong="H5892"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \add people of Babylonia\add* \w who|strong="H1945"\w* kill \w people|strong="H1818"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w order|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* using money \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* gotten \w by|strong="H5892"\w* committing crimes.   
\q1
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w has|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] declared \w that|strong="H5971"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* built \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \add will be destroyed by\add* fire;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w worked|strong="H3021"\w* \w hard|strong="H5971"\w* \w uselessly|strong="H7385"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add in contrast\add*, \w like|strong="H3068"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* oceans \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \add people who\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* great.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 Terrible things \w will|strong="H4616"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add people of Babylonia\add*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1945"\w* cause people \w who|strong="H1945"\w* live \w in|strong="H5921"\w* nearby countries \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H7937"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* force \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H5921"\w* wine \w from|strong="H5921"\w* wineskins  
\q2 \add until they are drunk and then they walk around\add* naked,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* can \w see|strong="H5027"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ones \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add soon\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* disgraced \w instead|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H7646"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*.  
\q2 \add It will be as though you are forced to\add* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \add a lot of wine\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* stagger \add around, drunk\add*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wine \add that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* disgraced \w instead|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H7646"\w* greatly respected \add any more\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* did \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* [PRS] \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \add the people in\add* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* killed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wild animals \add there\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3844"\w* \w be|strong="H1818"\w* punished severely \w for|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* killed [MTY] many \w people|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7701"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H7151"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 18  \add You people of Babylonia need to know that your\add* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* completely [RHQ] \w useless|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* people \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 Statues \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been \w carved|strong="H6213"\w* \w or|strong="H6459"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mold deceive \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w idols|strong="H6459"\w*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H4100"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H3276"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w created|strong="H3335"\w*,  
\q1 \w things|strong="H3276"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* cannot speak!   
\q1
\v 19 Terrible \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* happen \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* say \w to|strong="H7307"\w* lifeless idols \w that|strong="H3605"\w* are \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w Wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w*!’  
\q1 Idols \w certainly|strong="H2009"\w* cannot [RHQ] \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* what \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H7307"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \add look nice/beautiful because\add* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* are covered \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* are \w not|strong="H5782"\w* alive.   
\q1
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*;  
\q2 \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w silent|strong="H2013"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
\c 3  
\s1 A prayer sung by Habakkuk  
\p
\v 1-2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, I have heard about you;  
\q1 I revere you because of \add all the amazing\add* things that you have done.  
\q2 In our time, do again \add some of\add* those things that you did long ago!  
\q1 Even when you are angry \add with us\add*,  
\q2 be merciful \add to us\add*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 3  \add In the vision, I saw\add* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, coming \w from|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w* \add district in Edom\add*;  
\q2 \add and I also saw\add* \w him|strong="H4390"\w* coming \w from|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w* \w Hills|strong="H2022"\w* \add in the Sinai area\add*.  
\q1 \w His|strong="H4390"\w* \w glory|strong="H1935"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w was|strong="H2022"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \add people who were\add* \w praising|strong="H8416"\w* \w him|strong="H4390"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w His|strong="H3027"\w* glory \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sunrise;  
\q2 \w rays|strong="H7161"\w* flashed \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*  
\q2 \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* hides \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w He|strong="H7272"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \add other\add* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* behind \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H7200"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* earth shook.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H7200"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \add all the people\add* trembled.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2042"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* existed \w for|strong="H5975"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w* [HYP] \w collapsed|strong="H7817"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* crumbled.  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H1471"\w* exists eternally/\w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!   
\q1
\v 7  \add In the vision\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add people who live in\add* tents \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Cushan|strong="H3572"\w* \add region\add* being afflicted,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \add region\add* \w trembling|strong="H7264"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5483"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w streams|strong="H5104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5483"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*?  
\q1 \w Did|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* \w cause|strong="H7392"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w furious|strong="H2734"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5483"\w* pulling \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* enabled \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H5921"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \add It was as though\add* you uncovered \w your|strong="H5104"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*,  
\q2 took \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \w from|strong="H4294"\w* \w your|strong="H5104"\w* quiver, \add and prepared to shoot them\add*.  
\q1 \add Then with lightning\add* you \w split|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H1234"\w* earth,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w streams|strong="H5104"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w forth|strong="H1234"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add doing that\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2342"\w*.  
\q1 Floods rushed \w by|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\q2 \add it was as though\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w ocean|strong="H8415"\w* \w roared|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w waves|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w rise|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w high|strong="H5375"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5975"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w moving|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* sky  
\q2 \w while|strong="H5975"\w* your \add lightning\add* \w flashed|strong="H1980"\w* \add past like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* swift \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* your \w glittering|strong="H1300"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w flashed|strong="H1980"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 Being very angry [DOU], \w you|strong="H2195"\w* walked across \w the|strong="H1471"\w* earth  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w trampled|strong="H1758"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \add armies of many\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add also\add* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* rescue \w us|strong="H5971"\w*, \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* save \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add king\add* (\w Or|strong="H5704"\w*, \add people\add*) \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w chosen|strong="H4899"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w struck|strong="H4272"\w* \w down|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* stripped \w off|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* clothes, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* feet.   
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\v 14 \w With|strong="H6041"\w* \w his|strong="H5344"\w* own spear \w you|strong="H3644"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H6327"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w those|strong="H3644"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H6041"\w* rushed \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5590"\w* \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \add attack and\add* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* us,  
\q2 thinking \w that|strong="H4294"\w* \w they|strong="H3644"\w* could conquer us \add Israelis\add* easily.   
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\v 15 \w You|strong="H4325"\w* \w walked|strong="H1869"\w* through \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* your \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \add to destroy our enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* caused \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w waves|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w surge|strong="H2563"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* saw \w that|strong="H5971"\w* vision,  
\q2 \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H8193"\w* pounded  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w quivered|strong="H6750"\w*  
\q2 \add because I became afraid\add*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* legs became weak  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w shook|strong="H7264"\w*, \add because I was terrified\add*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w wait|strong="H5117"\w* \w quietly|strong="H5117"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Babylonia\add*, \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* country, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* experience disasters!   
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\v 17  \add Therefore,\add*  
\q1 \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* there \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* blossoms \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* there \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w grapes|strong="H2981"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grapevines,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* there \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w olives|strong="H2132"\w* growing \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* there \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w crops|strong="H2981"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7709"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep and goats\add* die \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7709"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* there \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w stalls|strong="H7517"\w*/barns,   
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \add I know\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w joyful|strong="H1523"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* saves \w me|strong="H3468"\w*!   
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\v 19 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* is \w the|strong="H5921"\w* one \w who|strong="H1116"\w* causes \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3069"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H5921"\w* enables \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* climb \add ◄safely/without falling►\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add rocky\add* mountains, \w like|strong="H7272"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer does.  
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\q1 (\w This|strong="H7760"\w* message is \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w choir|strong="H5329"\w* \w director|strong="H5329"\w*:  
\q2 \add When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing\add* \w stringed|strong="H5058"\w* \w instruments|strong="H5058"\w*.)