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Habakkuk 3:2 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 3 · verse 2
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.Habakkuk 3:2 · King James Version
Habakkuk 3:2 in context
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
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.
4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
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Key words (Strong's)
- speechshêmaʻsomething heardH8088 →
- afraidyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- revivechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- midstqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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This chapter is entitled a prayer of Habakkuk. It is a meditation with himself, an intercession for the church. Prophets were praying men; this prophet was so (He is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, Gen 20:7); and sometimes they prayed for even those whom they prophesied against.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2