Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
I trembled at the news of coming calamities; my lips quivered, my bones felt rottenness, I had no strength left. Yet I was touched with tender concern for the church's trials, and I trembled not from cowardice but from fear of God's judgments. In heaven there shall be no more trembling, but everlasting triumphs.
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Commenting on Habakkuk 3:16-19
The essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, is the ground of my joy: His person, His offices as Prophet, Priest, and King, His relations to me as Head and Husband and Friend. I rejoice in His fulness and grace, and supremely in Him as the God of my salvation, able to make all His work effectual for His people and to preserve them unto His kingdom and glory forever.
AI summary
yet I will rejoice--The prophet speaks in the name of his people.