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Habakkuk 3:19 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 3 · verse 19
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.Habakkuk 3:19 · King James Version
What Habakkuk 3:19 means
Hinds' feet are for steep ground; a deer doesn't need level footing. Habakkuk writes this at the end of a book spent arguing with God about violence, right after saying the fig tree won't blossom and the fields will yield nothing. The high places come with the famine, not instead of it.
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Habakkuk 3:19 in context
17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Samuel 22:34
- Psalms 18:33
- Philippians 4:13
- Psalms 46:1
- Deuteronomy 32:13
- Psalms 27:1
- Isaiah 58:14
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- hinds'ʼayâlâha doe or female deerH355 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- singernâtsachproperly, to glitter from afarH5329 →
- LORDYᵉhôvih{YHWH}H3069 →
- makesûwmto putH7760 →
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Within the compass of these few lines we have the prophet in the highest degree both of trembling and triumphing, such are the varieties both of the state and of the spirit of God's people in this world. In heaven there shall be no more trembling, but everlasting triumphs. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-19