(Canticum Habacuc * Hab 3:13-19)
3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: * for salvation with thy Christ.
3:13 Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked: * thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck.
3:14 Thou hast cursed his sceptres, † the head of his warriors, * them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me.
3:14 Their joy * was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret.
3:15 Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, * in the mud of many waters.
3:16 I have heard and my bowels were troubled: * my lips trembled at the voice.
3:16 Let rottenness enter into my bones, * and swarm under me.
3:16 That I may rest in the day of tribulation: * that I may go up to our people that are girded.
3:17 For the fig tree shall not blossom: * and there shall be no spring in the vines.
3:17 The labour of the olive tree shall fail: * and the fields shall yield no food:
3:17 The flock shall be cut off from the fold, * and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
3:18 But I will rejoice in the Lord: * and I will joy in God my Jesus.
3:19 The Lord God is my strength: * and he will make my feet like the feet of harts:
3:19 And he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places * singing psalms.