Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. New Living Translation The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) English Standard Version GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Berean Standard Bible GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments. New American Standard Bible The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like deer’s feet, And has me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. NASB 1995 The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. NASB 1977 The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes me walk on my high places. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength, And He has set my feet like hinds’ feet And makes me tread on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. Amplified Bible The Lord GOD is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army]; He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet And makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility]. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. Christian Standard Bible The LORD my Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yahweh my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! American Standard Version Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' feet, And will make me to walk upon my high places. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Lord of Lords is my power, who made my feet like those of a hart, and he has set me upon my high places that I shall sing his praises! Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord God is my strength, and he will perfectly strengthen my feet; he mounts me upon high places, that I may conquer by his song. Contemporary English Version The LORD gives me strength. He makes my feet as sure as those of a deer, and he helps me stand on the mountains. To the music director: Use stringed instruments. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms. English Revised Version Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength, and he maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and will make me to walk upon mine high places. For the Chief Musician, on my stringed instruments. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD Almighty is my strength. He makes my feet like those of a deer. He makes me walk on the mountains. For the choir director; on stringed instruments. Good News Translation The Sovereign LORD gives me strength. He makes me sure-footed as a deer and keeps me safe on the mountains. International Standard Version The LORD God is my strength— he will make my feet like those of a deer, equipping me to tread on my mountain heights. JPS Tanakh 1917 God, the Lord, is my strength, And He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, And He maketh me to walk upon my high places. For the Leader. With my string-music. Literal Standard Version YHWH the Lord [is] my strength, | And He makes my feet like does, | And causes me to tread on my high-places. To the overseer with my stringed instruments! Majority Standard Bible GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. New American Bible GOD, my Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet swift as those of deer and enables me to tread upon the heights. For the leader; with stringed instruments. NET Bible The sovereign LORD is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) New Revised Standard Version GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights. To the leader: with stringed instruments. New Heart English Bible The LORD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. World English Bible Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah the Lord is my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Habakkuk Rejoices…18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! 19GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Cross References Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places." 2 Samuel 2:18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle, 2 Samuel 22:34 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. Psalm 18:32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. Psalm 18:33 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--whom shall I dread? Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Treasury of Scripture The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk on my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. my strength. Psalm 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 46:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. like. 2 Samuel 22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. Psalm 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. to walk. Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. Isaiah 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. stringed instruments. Psalm 4:1-8 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer… Psalm 6:1-10 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure… Psalm 54:1-7 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength… Jump to Previous Chief Choir Choirmaster Deer's Director Enables Feet Guiding High Hinds Instruments Leader Makes Maketh Music Musician Music-Maker Places Roes Singer Sovereign Strength Stringed String-Music Tread WalkJump to Next Chief Choir Choirmaster Deer's Director Enables Feet Guiding High Hinds Instruments Leader Makes Maketh Music Musician Music-Maker Places Roes Singer Sovereign Strength Stringed String-Music Tread WalkHabakkuk 3 1. Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.17. The confidence of his faith. (19) The Lord God.--This is an adaptation from Psalm 18:33. The "hinds' feet" indicate the strength and elasticity of the prophet's confidence; the "high places" are, as Kleinert observes, "the heights of salvation which stand at the end of the way of tribulation, and which only the righteous man can climb by the confidence of faith." To the chief singer--i.e., to the precentor, or presiding singer. The rubric may be interpreted either "To the precentor. (To be performed) on my stringed instruments," or, "To him who presides over my stringed instruments." The fact that the same direction occurs with the words in the same order in six Psalms perhaps favours the latter rendering in all cases. The preposition al would, however, in this case be appropriate rather than b' On the terms used, see Psalm 4:1. It has been inferred from the use of the possessive pronoun, "my stringed instruments," that Habakkuk was a Levite, and therefore himself entitled to accompany the Temple music. But see Introduction, ? 1. Verse 19. - The Lord God is my strength; more accurately, Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength, from Psalm 18:32; comp. Psalm 27:1. He will make my feet like hinds' feet (Psalm 18:33). He makes me active and swift-footed as the gazelle, as a lusty warrior (2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 2:18) should be. So by the help of God I shall be superior to my enemies. He will make me to walk upon mine high places. The expression is used properly of God (Micah 1:3), and elsewhere, says Keil, to denote the victorious possession and government of a country (see Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29). Here it signifies that believing Israel shall overcome all opposition and dwell in safety in its own land. To the chief singer (musician) on my stringed instruments (neginoth). This is a musical direction, answering to the heading in ver. 1, and implies that the ode is committed to the conductor of the temple music, to be by him adapted for the public service to the accompaniment of stringed instruments. Such directions are elsewhere always found at the beginning, not the end, of psalms (see Psalm 4; Psalm 6; Psalm 54; Psalm 55; Psalm 67; Psalm 76.). It has been thought that the suffix of the first person, "my stringed instruments," denotes that Habakkuk had a right to take part in the temple service, and was therefore a Levite; but it is very doubtful whether this suffix is not a clerical error, as Kuenen and Ewald suppose, or merely paragogic. Certainly neither the Greek, Latin, nor Syriac Versions afford it any confirmation. These versions make the subscription part of the ode. Thus LXX., Ἐ
Hebrew GODיְהוִ֤הּ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH the Lord אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord is my strength; חֵילִ֔י (ḥê·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength He makes וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set my feet רַגְלַי֙ (raḡ·lay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda like those of a deer; כָּֽאַיָּל֔וֹת (kā·’ay·yā·lō·wṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 355: A doe, female deer He makes me walk יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי (yaḏ·ri·ḵê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow upon וְעַ֥ל (wə·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the heights! בָּמוֹתַ֖י (bā·mō·w·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1116: An elevation For the choirmaster. לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent With stringed instruments. בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃ (bin·ḡî·nō·w·ṯāy) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5058: Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram Links Habakkuk 3:19 NIVHabakkuk 3:19 NLT Habakkuk 3:19 ESV Habakkuk 3:19 NASB Habakkuk 3:19 KJV Habakkuk 3:19 BibleApps.com Habakkuk 3:19 Biblia Paralela Habakkuk 3:19 Chinese Bible Habakkuk 3:19 French Bible Habakkuk 3:19 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:19 Yahweh the Lord is my strength (Hab Hb) |
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