Habakkuk 3:19 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:19

Habakkuk 3:19. The Lord God is my strength He that is the God of our salvation in another world, will be our strength in this world, to carry us on in our journey thither, and help us over the difficulties and oppositions we meet with in our way, even then when provisions are cut off, to make it appear that man does not live by bread alone, but may have the want of bread supplied by the graces and comforts of God’s Spirit. Observe, reader: 1st, We may be strong for our spiritual warfare... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

3:1-19 HABAKKUK TRUSTS IN GOD’S JUDGMENTThe psalm of Chapter 3 has no direct connection with Judah and the Babylonians. Nevertheless, it is relevant to what Habakkuk has just written, for it describes the appearance of God in his work of judging the nations and saving his people. The psalm is introduced by what appears to be the name of the tune to which it was sung (3:1).Habakkuk recalls the mighty works that God has done for his people in the past, and he prays that God will act on their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 3:19

God. Hebrew Adonai. App-4 . strength = might, or force. Compare Psalms 18:32 . will make, &c. Compare 2 Samuel 1:23 ; 2Sa 23:24 . 1 Chronicles 12:8 . Psalms 18:33 . He will make me, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:13 ; Deuteronomy 33:29 ). App-92 . Compare Amos 4:13 .Micah 1:3 . To the chief singer. See App-64 . The same word here. my stringed instruments. Hebrew. neginoth. Referring to the smitings of Jehovah on the enemies of Israel (Habakkuk 3:16 ). See App-65 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:19

"Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hind's feet, and will make me to walk upon my high places.""In fruitful fields and flocks men had been taught to look for the presence and blessing of God; but here is a man who can dispense with all that, who can believe where he cannot see, who loves God, not for his gifts, but for himself, who can dispense with them all if he has but him."[37]"Like hind's feet ..." The hind is the deer, the most sure-footed of creatures; and the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:19

Habakkuk 3:19. And he will make me to walk, &c.— And cause me to tread again on my own high places. By high places, the prophet seems to mean the fruitful hills of Judaea; at least Moses uses the word in this sense, Deuteronomy 32:13. Some are of opinion, that Habakkuk speaks only of the strongholds of the land; but if we reflect on the naked and defenceless state that Judaea was in when the Jews returned from captivity, we may rather be induced to think that the prophet meant no more than... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:19

19. hinds' feet . . . walk upon . . . high places—Habakkuk has here before his mind Psalms 18:33; Psalms 18:34; Deuteronomy 32:13. "Hinds' (gazelles') feet" imply the swiftness with which God enables him (the prophet and his people) to escape from his enemies, and return to his native land. The "high places" are called "mine," to imply that Israel shall be restored to his own land, a land of hills which are places of safety and of eminence (compare Genesis 19:17; Matthew 24:16). Probably not... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:16-19

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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:19

E. The concluding musical notation 3:19bThe final footnote to this book gives direction to the choir director who used this chapter as part of Israel’s formal worship. Habakkuk specified the use of stringed instruments to accompany the singing undoubtedly because they set the proper mood.The book opened with a dialogue between Habakkuk and Yahweh in which the prophet vented his fears and the Lord responded in love (ch. 1). Then it proceeded to a dirge in which the Lord explained the wickedness... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:1-19

Jehovah comes To JudgmentThis is one of the most brilliant poems in the OT. It was written by a man of imagination as well as of faith. It is not quite certain whether Habakkuk 3:8-15 are intended to refer to a past or future manifestation of Jehovah: in any case, there is the hope, or rather prayer, that history may repeat itself (Habakkuk 3:2). The poem rests upon older theophanies: cp. Judges 5; Deuteronomy 33. Long ago at the exodus Jehovah had shown His power to interpose in history... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 3:16-19

(16-19) Habakkuk now reverts abruptly to the Divine sentence of Habakkuk 1:5 et seq., and describes with what emotion he meditates on the coming disasters, and on his own inability to prevent them. His anxiety is, however, swept aside by a joyful and overpowering confidence in God. These verses are a kind of appendix to the preceding poem. read more