Refrain:
All You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed, O God.
1 O Lord, I have heard of your renown, ♦
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
2 In the midst of the years renew it;
in the midst of the years make it known; ♦
in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. ♦
His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 His brightness was like the sun, ♦
rays flashed from his hand; there he veiled his power.
5 You came forth to save your people, ♦
to save your anointed.
6 You trampled the sea with your horses, ♦
churning the mighty waters.
7 I hear, and my belly trembles, ♦
my lips quiver at the sound;
8 Rottenness enters into my bones, ♦
and my steps totter beneath me.
9 I will quietly wait for the day of trouble ♦
to come upon the people that invade us.
10 Though the fig tree does not blossom,
nor fruit appear on the vines, ♦
the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food,
11 Though the flock be cut off from the fold ♦
and there be no herd in the stalls,
12 Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, ♦
I will exult in the God of my salvation.
13 God, the Lord, is my strength; ♦
he makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
and makes me tread upon the high places.
Habakkuk 3.2-4, 13a, 15-19
All Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
All You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed, O God.
Common Worship: Daily Prayer, material from which is included here,
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