63:15 Look down from heaven and take notice,
from your holy, majestic palace!
Where are your zeal 1 and power?
Do not hold back your tender compassion! 2
1:3 Look, 13 the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place!
He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops! 14
1:4 The mountains will disintegrate 15 beneath him,
and the valleys will be split in two. 16
The mountains will melt 17 like wax in a fire,
the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope. 18
3:1 This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: 19
3:2 Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; 20
I am awed, 21 Lord, by what you accomplished. 22
In our time 23 repeat those deeds; 24
in our time reveal them again. 25
But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy! 26
3:3 God comes 27 from Teman, 28
the sovereign 29 one from Mount Paran. 30 Selah. 31
His splendor covers the skies, 32
his glory 33 fills the earth.
3:4 He is as bright as lightning; 34
a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. 35
This is the outward display of his power. 36
3:5 Plague goes before him;
pestilence 37 marches right behind him. 38
3:6 He takes his battle position 39 and shakes 40 the earth;
with a mere look he frightens 41 the nations.
The ancient mountains disintegrate; 42
the primeval hills are flattened.
He travels on the ancient roads. 43
3:7 I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; 44
the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. 45
3:8 Is the Lord mad at the rivers?
Are you angry with the rivers?
Are you enraged at the sea? 46
Is this why 47 you climb into your horse-drawn chariots, 48
your victorious chariots? 49
3:9 Your bow is ready for action; 50
you commission your arrows. 51 Selah.
You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. 52
3:10 When the mountains see you, they shake.
The torrential downpour sweeps through. 53
The great deep 54 shouts out;
it lifts its hands high. 55
3:11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; 56
the flash of your arrows drives them away, 57
the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. 58
3:12 You furiously stomp on the earth,
you angrily trample down the nations.
3:13 You march out to deliver your people,
to deliver your special servant. 59
You strike the leader of the wicked nation, 60
laying him open from the lower body to the neck. 61 Selah.