Habakkuk 3:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוִ֤הּ אֲדֹנָי֙ חֵילִ֔י וַיָּ֤שֶׂם רַגְלַי֙ כָּֽאַיָּל֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

YHWH ʾăḏōnāy is my ḥêlî, and he makes my raḡlay like ʾayyālôṯ, and upon my bāmôṯay he makes me tread. For the mǝnaṣṣēaḥ with my nǝḡînôṯāy.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: divine title - my Lord
• *ḥêlî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my strength
• *wayyāśem*: qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and he makes/sets
• *raḡlay*: noun feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my feet
• *kāʾayyālôṯ*: preposition *kə* with definite article and noun feminine plural - like deer/hinds
• *wǝʿal*: conjunction with preposition - and upon
• *bāmôṯay*: noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my high places
• *yaḏrîḵēnî*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he causes me to tread/walk
• *lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ*: preposition *lə* with piel participle masculine singular - for the choir director/musical director
• *binǝḡînôṯāy*: preposition *bə* with noun feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - with my stringed instruments

Word Meanings

• *ḥêlî*: my strength/my power/my might
• *kāʾayyālôṯ*: like deer/like hinds/like gazelles (symbols of surefootedness)
• *bāmôṯay*: my high places/my heights/my elevated places (symbolizing victory and security)
• *lamǝnaṣṣēaḥ binǝḡînôṯāy*: for the choir director with my stringed instruments/for the music leader with my stringed music

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 22:34 : 34 He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
• Ps 18:33 : 33 He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
• Deut 32:13 : 13 He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,
• Deut 33:29 : 29 You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 By David. The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
• Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
• Isa 58:14 : 14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.
• Zech 10:12 : 12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the LORD.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
• Ps 4:1-8 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer! 2 You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive?(Selah) 3 Realize that the LORD shows the godly special favor; the LORD responds when I cry out to him. 4 Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways!(Selah) 5 Offer the prescribed sacrifices and trust in the LORD! 6 Many say,“Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, LORD! 7 You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine. 8 I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, LORD, make me safe and secure.
• Eph 3:16 : 16 I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
• Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
• Ps 54:1-55:23 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul:“David is hiding with us.” O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power! 2 O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! 3 For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.(Selah) 4 Look, God is my deliverer! The Lord is among those who support me. 5 May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them! 6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good! 7 Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies. 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy! 2 Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, 3 because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me. 4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me. 5 Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me. 6 I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place! 7 Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah) 8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.” 9 Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city. 10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it. 11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square. 12 Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. 14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd. 15 May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst. 16 As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me. 17 During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me. 18 He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me. 19 God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them.(Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God. 20 He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them. 21 His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords. 22 Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be shaken. 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
• Ps 67:1-7 : 1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us!(Selah) 2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people. 3 Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you! 4 Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth.(Selah) 5 Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you! 6 The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us! 7 May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.
• Ps 76:1-9 : 1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great. 2 He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion. 3 There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.(Selah) 4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. 5 The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless. 6 At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse“fell asleep.” 7 You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger? 8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent 9 when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth.(Selah) 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure. 11 Make vows to the LORD your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one! 12 He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.
• Ps 6:1-9 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury! 2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking! 3 I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue? 4 Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks? 6 I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. 7 My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies. 8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping! 9 The LORD has heard my appeal for mercy; the LORD has accepted my prayer. 10 They will be humiliated and absolutely terrified! All my enemies will turn back and be suddenly humiliated!
• Ps 18:1 : 1 For the music director; by the LORD’s servant David, who sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said:“I love you, LORD, my source of strength!