Habakkuk 3:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Jehovah the Lord `is' my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my 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 Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
• Ps 18:33 : 33 Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
• Deut 32:13 : 13 He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
• Deut 33:29 : 29 O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who `is' the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'
• Ps 46:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' -- A song. God `is' to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: 10 wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;
• Ps 27:1 : 1 By David. Jehovah `is' my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah `is' the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.
• Isa 58:14 : 14 Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!
• Zech 10:12 : 12 And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Lo, God `is' my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song `is' Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.
• Ps 4:1-8 : 1 To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer. 2 Sons of men! till when `is' my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah. 3 And know ye that Jehovah Hath separated a saintly one to Himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to Him. 4 `Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye `thus' in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah. 5 Sacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, And trust ye unto Jehovah. 6 Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah, 7 Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied. 8 In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!
• Eph 3:16 : 16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,
• Phil 4:13 : 13 For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;
• Col 1:11 : 11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.
• Ps 54:1-55:23 : 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me. 2 O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth, 3 For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah. 4 Lo, God `is' a helper to me, The Lord `is' with those supporting my soul, 5 Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off. 6 With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for `it is' good, 7 For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked! 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, `to' my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, 3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. 4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. 5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. 6 And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, 7 Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. 8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. 9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. 10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness `are' in its midst, 11 Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. 12 For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear `it', He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. 13 But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. 14 When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. 15 Desolations `are' upon them, They go down `to' Sheol -- alive, For wickedness `is' in their dwelling, in their midst. 16 I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. 17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, 18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. 19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, 20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'. 22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. 23 And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!
• Ps 67:1-7 : 1 To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah. 2 For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation. 3 Praise Thee do peoples, O God, Praise Thee do peoples, all of them. 4 Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah. 5 Confess Thee do peoples, O God, Confess Thee do peoples -- all of them. 6 Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God, 7 God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!
• Ps 76:1-9 : 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. In Judah `is' God known, in Israel His name `is' great. 2 And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion. 3 There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah. 4 Bright `art' Thou, honourable above hills of prey. 5 Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands. 6 From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep. 7 Thou, fearful `art' Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry! 8 From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still, 9 In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Selah. 10 For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on. 11 Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One. 12 He doth gather the spirit of leaders, Fearful to the kings of earth!
• Ps 6:1-9 : 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. 2 Favour me, O Jehovah, for I `am' weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, 3 And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when? 4 Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake. 5 For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee? 6 I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night `on' my bed, With my tear my couch I waste. 7 Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries, 8 Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping, 9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth. 10 Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed `in' a moment!
• Ps 18:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.