1 A thapalah (prayer) of Chabaqawaq (Habakkuk), the nabayaa (prophet/prophecy), Shagayawan (set) to victorious music.
2 Yahawah (), I have shamai (hearken / hear) of your shamai (fame). I stand in awe of your pail (deeds), Yahawah (). Renew your pail (work) in the qarab (among / near) of the shanayam (years). In the qarab (among / near) of the shanayam (years) yadai (make) it known. In ragaz (wrath), you zakar (remember) racham (show mercy / love).
3 Alawah () bawaa (come) from Thayaman (Teman), the qadawash (holy) One from har (mountain) Paaran (Paran). Salah (selah). His glory kasah (covered) the shamayam (Shamayam / Heavens), and his thahalah (praise) malaa (filled) the aratz (Earth/land).
4 His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his yad (hand), where his iz (strength / might / refuge) is hidden.
5 Dabar (word / matter) yalak (went) panayam (face) him, and pestilence followed his ragal (feet / foot).
6 He imad (stood), and shook the aratz (Earth/land). He raah (see / saw), and made the gawayam (heathen) tremble. The ancient hararay (mountains) were crumbled. The age-old gabaiwath (hills) collapsed. His halayakawath (ways) are iwalam (eternity).
7 I raah (see / saw) the ahalay (tents) of Kawashan (Cushan) in awan (affliction). The dwellings of the aratz (Earth/land) of Madayan (Midian) ragaz (trembled).
8 Was Yahawah () charah (hot with anger) with the naharayam (rivers)? Was your ap (nostril / picture: bull snorting) against the naharayam (rivers), or your ibarah (wrath) against the yam (sea/waters), that you rakab (rode) on your sawas (horses), on your marakabah (chariots) of yashawaih (salvation)?
9 You uncovered your qashath (bow). You called for your shabawaih (sworn) arrows. Salah (selah). You split the aratz (Earth/land) with naharawath (rivers).
10 The harayam (mountains) raah (see / saw) you, and were afraid. The zaram (storm) of mayam (Waters) ibar (pass over/through) by. The thahawam (depths) roared and nashaa (lift) up its yad (hand) on rawam (will lift up).
11 The shamash (sun) and yarach (moon) imad (stood) still in the sky, at the awar (light) of your chatz (arrows) as they halak (move), at the nagah (shining) of your baraq (glittering) chanayath (spear).
12 You tzaid (marched) through the aratz (Earth/land) in zaim (wrath). You dawash (threshed) the gawayam (heathen) in ap (nostril / picture: bull snorting).
13 You yatzaa (go out / come out) forth for the yashai (salvation) of your im (nation / people), for the yashai (salvation) of your mashayach (anointed one). You crushed the raash (head) of the bayath (house) of rashai (wickedness). You stripped them tzawaar (head) to yasawad (foot). Salah (selah).
14 You naqab (pierced) the raash (head) of his warriors with their own spears. They sair (came) as a whirlwind to pawatz (scatter) me, gloating as if to akal (eat) the wretched in masathar (secret).
15 You trampled the yam (sea/waters) with your sawas (horses), churning rab (mighty) mayam (Waters).
16 I shamai (hearken / hear), and my batan (body) ragaz (trembled). My shapah (lips) tzalal (quivered) at the qawal (sound / voice). Raqab (rottenness) bawaa (bring) into my itzam (bones), and I ragaz (tremble) in my place, because I must wait quietly for the yawam (day) of tzarah (trouble), for the ilah (go up / offer) up of the im (nation / people) who gawad (invade) us.
17 For though the thaan (fig) tree doesn't parach (flourish), nor yabawal (fruit) be in the gapanayam (vines); the maishah (labor) of the zayath (olive) kachash (fails), the shadamawath (fields) ishah (make) no akal (food); the tzaan (flocks) are gazar (cut) off from the makalaah (fold), and there is no baqar (morning) in the rapathayam (stalls):
18 Yet I will ilaz (rejoice) in Yahawah (). I will be gayal (joyful) in the Alahayam () of my yashai (salvation)!
19 Yahawah (), the Adanay (), is my chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor). He shawam (place / establish / appoint) my ragal (feet / foot) like deer's feet, and enables me to darak (go) in bamah (high) places. For the music director, on my nagayanah (stringed) instruments.