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The Book of Habakkuk, Chapter 3, Verse 9

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Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?
King James Version
Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
American Standard Version
Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. {{Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
New English Translation
Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.
World English Bible
You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
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The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.
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The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
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Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
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Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
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Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly.
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Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heap of great waters.
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When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
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Although 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:
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Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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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.