Habakkuk 3:1–19

Habakkuk’s Prayer
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
² O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the 
years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. ³ God came from 
Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. ⁴ His brightness was like 
the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
⁵ Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels. ⁶ He stood and measured the earth; 
he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills 
sank low. His were the everlasting ways. ⁷ I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of 
the land of Midian did tremble. ⁸ Was your wrath against
the rivers, O Lord? Was your anger against the rivers, or your indignation against the sea, when 
you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation?
⁹ You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with 
rivers. ¹⁰ The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its 
voice; it lifted its hands on high. ¹¹ The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of 
your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear. ¹² You marched through the earth 
in fury; you threshed the nations in anger. ¹³ You went out for the salvation of your people, for 
the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
¹⁴ You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter 
me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
¹⁵ You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters.
¹⁶ I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my 
legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait
for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord
¹⁷ Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail 
and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the 
stalls,¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. ¹⁹ 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. ESV
Points:
1. In order to rejoice in our valley we begin with
                 of                     .
2. In order to rejoice in our valleys we have to        
ourselves of who God is.
3. In order to rejoice in our valleys we must _______________Him in our ____________________  .

2 Timothy 3:16–17
¹⁶ All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, 
and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good 
work. ESV
Proverbs 9:10
¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. 
ESV
Luke 22:19–20
¹⁹ And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This 
is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰ And likewise the cup after 
they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my
blood. ESV