You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
The faithful in distress stir up their faith by remembering what God wrought in old time, the plagues of Egypt, the crossing of the wilderness, the entrance into Canaan against mighty foes. He that brought them through such difficulties then can bring them from Babylon now, however great the present straits.
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Commenting on Habakkuk 3:3-15
The Prophet applies again to the present state of the people what he had before recorded — that God went forth with his Christ for the salvation of his people. Some consider that there is understood a particle of comparison, and repeat the verb twice, “As thou didst then go forth for the deliverance of thy people, so now wilt thou go forth for the...
This passage draws its language throughout from earlier revelations of God in Israel's history, especially Moses' song in Deuteronomy and the Psalms. Habakkuk is not merely recalling past wonders as comfort; he is predicting a future coming of the Lord to judge the nations, as the future tense at the head of the description makes clear.
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Commenting on Habakkuk 3:3-15