Habakkuk 3:1
New International Version
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.

New Living Translation
This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk:

English Standard Version
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

Berean Standard Bible
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

King James Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

New King James Version
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth.

New American Standard Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

NASB 1995
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

NASB 1977
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

Legacy Standard Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

Amplified Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to wild and enthusiastic music.

Christian Standard Bible
A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. According to Shigionoth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. According to Shigionoth.

American Standard Version
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
His prayer of Khabaquq the Prophet

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A PRAYER OF THE PROPHET AMBACUM, WITH A SONG.

Contemporary English Version
This is my prayer:

Douay-Rheims Bible
A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PROPHET FOR IGNORANCES.

English Revised Version
A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk; according to [shigionoth].

Good News Translation
This is a prayer of the prophet Habakkuk:

International Standard Version
A prayer by the prophet Habakkuk, set to music.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. Upon Shigionoth.

Literal Standard Version
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, [set] on shigionoth:

Majority Standard Bible
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

New American Bible
Prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet. According to Shigyonot.

NET Bible
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:

New Revised Standard Version
A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.

New Heart English Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

Webster's Bible Translation
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

World English Bible
A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

Young's Literal Translation
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:

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Context
Habakkuk's Prayer
1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth: 2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!…

Cross References
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!


Treasury of Scripture

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on Shigionoth.

prayer.

Psalm 86:1-17
A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy…

Psalm 90:1-17
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations…

upon Shigionoth.

Psalm 7:1-17
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: …

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III.

(1-15) A hymn describing a future self-manifestation of Jehovah on Israel's behalf, accompanied by the signs and wonders of the early history. It is impossible to give the English reader an idea of the rhythmical structure of this beautiful composition. We will only observe that it is independent of the arrangement in verses, and that the poem (except in Habakkuk 3:7-8; Habakkuk 3:13, fin.) consists of lines each containing exactly three words.

(1) Upon Shigionoth.--This term points, not to the contents of the composition, but either to its metrical structure or its musical setting. See on the Inscription of Psalms 7. Inasmuch as this ode is throughout an account of the deliverance anticipated by prayerful faith, it is called not a Psalm, mizmor, but a Prayer, t'philtah.

Verses 1-19. - Part II. PSALM OR PRAYER OF HABAKKUK. Verse 1. - § 1. The title. A prayer. There is only one formal prayer in the ode, that in ver. 2; but the term is used of any devotional composition; and, indeed, the whole poem may be regarded as the development of the precatory sentences in the proemium (seethe inscriptions in Psalm 17; Psalm 86; Psalm 90; Psalm 102; Psalm 142; and the last verse of Psalm 72, the subscription of Book II.). (For other hymns in the prophetical books, see Isaiah 24, and 35; Ezekiel 19; Jonah 2; Micah 6:6, etc.; and as parallel to this ode, comp. Deuteronomy 33:2, etc.; Judges 5:4, etc.; Psalm 68:7, etc.; Psalms 77:13-20; 114; Isaiah 63:11-14.) Of Habakkuk the prophet. The name and title of the author are prefixed to show that this is no mere private effusion, but an outpouring of prophecy under Divine inspiration. Upon Shigionoth (comp. title of Psalm 7.); Septuagint, μετὰ ᾠδῆς, "with song;" Vulgate, pro ignorantiis. For this latter rendering Jerome had etymological ground, but did not sufficiently consider the use of shiggayon in Psalm 7, where it indicates the style of poetry, nor, as Keil shows, the fact that all the headings of Psalms introduced, as the present, with al, refer either to the melody, or accompaniment, or style in which they were to be sung. The Revised Version gives, "set to Shigionoth;" and the expression is best explained to mean, in an impassioned or triumphal strain, with rapid change of emotion, a dithy rambic song - a description which admirably suits this ode.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[This is] a prayer
תְּפִלָּ֖ה (tə·p̄il·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn

of Habakkuk
לַחֲבַקּ֣וּק (la·ḥă·ḇaq·qūq)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2265: Habakkuk -- a Hebrew prophet

the prophet,
הַנָּבִ֑יא (han·nā·ḇî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

according to
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Shigionoth:
שִׁגְיֹנֽוֹת׃ (šiḡ·yō·nō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7692: Perhaps a wild passionate song with rapid changes of rhythm


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