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Habakkuk 3
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The beginning of Habakkuk Pesher, 1QpHab, among the Dead Sea Scrolss from the 1st century BC.
Book	Book of Habakkuk
Category	Nevi'im
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	35

Habakkuk 3 is the third (and the last) chapter of the Book of Habakkuk in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Habakkuk, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.^[3][4]

• The original text is written in Hebrew.
• Some of the most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • In Hebrew:
    • Masoretic Text
  • In Greek:
    • Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• This chapter is divided into 19 verses.

This chapter can be grouped

• Habakkuk 3:1 = Title
• Habakkuk 3:2–16 = The Prophet’s Prayer
• Habakkuk 3:17–19 = A Hymn of Faith

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.^[5]

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.^[6]

Masoretic text:

יהוה אדני חילי וישם רגלי כאילות ועל במותי ידרכני למנצח בנגינותי׃

Transliteration:

YHWH a·do·nai khi·li wai·ya·syem rag·lai ka·'ai·ya·lot

we·'al ba·mo·tai yad·ri·khe·ni

lam·na·tze·akh bin·gi·no·tai.

• The phrase "make my feet like hinds' feet" is similar to the phrases in Psalm 18:33 or 2 Samuel 22:34
• The last word of the verse (and of the Book of Habakkuk) נגינותי׃, neginotai is translated as "my stringed instruments", originally from plural form of the Hebrew word נְגִינַת, neginath. The word is also found in the beginning of some psalms, namely Psalm 4; Psalm 6; Psalm 54; Psalm 55; Psalm 67; Psalm 76

• Other related Bible parts: 2 Samuel 22, Psalm 4, Psalm 6, Psalm 7, Psalm 18, Psalm 54, Psalm 55, Psalm 67, Psalm 76.