Light-footedness in the path of life. The last words, למנצּח בּנגינותי, do not form part of the contents of the supplicatory ode, but are a subscription answering to the heading in Habakkuk 3:1, and refer to the use of the ode in the worship of God, and simply differ from the headings למנצּח בּנגינות in Psalm 4:1-8; Psalm 6:1-10; Psalm 54:1-55:23; Psalm 67:1-7, and Psalm 76:1-12, through the use of the suffix in בּנגינותי. For YHWH, the Lord of creation and deliverance as revealed in the poem, is his strength. 3. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. To the chief singer; let this be kept on record for public use, this be a pattern for others as well as it is a declaration of my faith, hope, desire, and prayer. 2nd, The prophet, as the encouragement of his faith, remembers the days of old, and mentions the past deliverances that God had wrought for his people, as a plea for present help. But in most details he is excellent, and the work is well worth the cost and time. 11. But he took those emotions to God and he decided on a different action. ), "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. The Lord God is my strength - The prophet does not inwardly only exult and triumph in God, but he confesses also in words of praise, that in Him he hath all things, that He is All things in him. And when this singer, or his brother psalmist in the other psalm that we have referred to, says “Thou makest my feet like hinds’ feet,” what he is thinking about is that fight and easy, springing, elastic gait, that swiftness of advance. "Vincunt aeripedes ter terno Nestore cervi." on my stringed instruments; which were either invented by him, or used by him in the temple, or were his own property: or he sent this prayer or ode to him who was over these instruments, had the care and use of them; and which were such as were to be stricken with the hand, bone, or quill; and are the same that are called "Neginoth" in the title of the fourth Psalm Psa 4:1, and others. God will lead, but we must walk. I. Notwithstanding every discouraging circumstance, his faith triumphs in the God of his salvation. (1-2) A plea for revival. 1. For it is not our own and it is our own; not our own, i. e., not from or of ourselves; but our own, since It is in us, yea “He the Lord our God is our strength,” not without us, for He is our strength, but in us. The first word some are wont to render conqueror. Habakkuk 3:19 (WEB) Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. John Trapp Complete Commentary. The second is like unto it. He makes my feet like deer's feet, And enables me to go in high places. Note; When we are stirred up to cry to God, whatever wrath our souls appear to be under, there is then good hope of mercy in store for us. a. Figs and raisins were two of the main fruits dried. This is the prophet‘s direction to the precentor (“chief singer”) as to how the preceding ode (Habakkuk 3:1-19) is to be performed (compare Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:1, titles). 5. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. God's faithful people are enabled to exercise faith in him in the worst of times, and they shall be hid in the day of his fierce anger. The expressions are of a highly metaphorical and imaginative character, but they admit of being brought down to very plain facts, and they tell us the results in heart and mind of true faith and communion with God. ", "He maketh my feet like, hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places;", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. strength = might, or force. The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds’ feet. 1 Chronicles 12:8. At the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear; God himself fought for them, and directed them in the pursuit of their routed foes. 2. Habakkuk 3:19 The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid; because of the sad tidings concerning the desolations of his people, which affected him exceedingly. The buoyancy of the one will lift the leadenness of the other. If we keep ourselves in touch with Him we shall be like a weight that is hung on to a balloon. Today’s text – Habakkuk 3:17-19 – contains words of great hope. The final footnote to this book gives direction to the choir director who used this chapter as part of Israel"s formal worship. “He will make my feet like hinds,” which bound upward through His imparted strength, trod, when scared by alarms here below, flee tearless to their native reeks, spring from height to height, and at last shew themselves on some high peak, and standing on the Rock, look down on the whole world below their feet and upward on high. "Like hind's feet ..." The hind is the deer, the most sure-footed of creatures; and the figure means that no matter how rough the going gets, Habakkuk will not stumble and fall. But we won’t understand those verses unless we see the depth of despair that faced the prophet writing them. The high places of faith. The Lord God is my strength, when every other help fails; and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, firm and swift to run the way of his commandments, amidst every difficulty and danger: and he will make me to walk upon mine high places; victorious over every foe, as every faithful saint of God shall shortly be, when he cometh to the mount of God in glory. And so he says further, how we can use it as our own. 19 The Lord God is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. The same word here. Romans 11:17.) Recall the last verse we read three weeks ago, Habakkuk 3:16: I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. He had appeared to them on Sinai, with most magnificent displays of his greatness and glory. [Note: Wiersbe, p422.]. The first of these renderings gives no suitable sense here, so that there only remains the second, viz., "playing upon stringed instruments." And as he seems to have had the beginning of Moses’s blessing in his eye, at Habakkuk 3:3, so in this he alludes to the conclusion of it. “Yield yourselves to God.” “If you live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit.” Be spiritually minded. Most worthy to be laid up in that Persian casket embroidered with gold and pearl, which Alexander reserved for Homer’s Iliad. 3rdly, The tidings of distress which the prophet heard concerning his countrymen, though there was hope in the end, affected him deeply. If we would be great or high we must bear in mind they must depend on our own labour. But so the landscape exists. On “high places” we see things farthest, and so the mount of faith. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Habakkuk 3:17-19 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "DANCING FAITH" I. To the chief musician on my stringed instruments] This is David-like indeed, as in the whole prayer or song he resembleth that sweet singer of Israel; and the verse hath caused a cloud. "Habakkuk teaches us to face our doubts and questions honestly, take them humbly to the Lord, wait for His Word to teach us, and then worship Him no matter how we feel or what we see." Unless that is true, that Christianity gives to a man the Divine gladness which makes him ready for work, I do not know what is the good of his Christianity to him. The prophet had in mind a certain form of stringed instrument adapted to certain numbers and measures. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. Interpreters think that God is signified here by this title, for he presides over all the songs of the godly: and it may not inaptly be applied to him as the leader of the singers, as though the Prophet had said,ââGod will be a strength to me; though I am weak in myself, I shall yet be strong in him; and he will enable me to surmount all obstacles, and I shall proceed boldly, who am now like one half-dead; and he will thus become the occasion of my song, and be the leader of the singers engaged in celebrating his praises, when he shall deliver from death his people in so wonderful a manner.â We hence see that the connection is not unsuitable, when he says, that there would be strength for him in God; and particularly as giving of thanks belonged to the leader or the chief singer, in order that Godâs aid might be celebrated, not only privately but at the accustomed sacrifices, as was usually the case under the law. The overflowing streams, Joshua 3:15 passed by, retiring on either side: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high, roaring as it fled. Habakkuk has here before his mind Psalms 18:33-34, "He maketh my feet like, hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places;" Deuteronomy 32:13, "He made him ride on the high places of the earth." Chapter 3 is Habakkuk's prayer. Yet unless your feet ascend the high places it is as though it were not there. It helps us adjust our attitude from one of pessimism and even despair to optimism and rejoicing. And what is it now, O Lord, now thou hast finished redemption work, and art returned to glory, but every day, and all the day, renewed manifestations of the same, that Jesus will bring home his ransomed ones finally, fully, and completely; that where he is, there they shall be also. God makes a man’s feet like “hinds’ feet”; that is, He makes the heavy, sluggish mortal into a light active being. The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. Amen. III. Ah! So it is with the soul. And will make me to walk on my high places.’. He will establish me upon the heights, to gain the victory in his canticle." I shall escape the fury of the Chaldeans, and sing a hymn of thanksgiving. The prophet had in his own, and in the name of all the godly, made a full profession of his faith, and resolution to behave himself with joy in midst of troubles, Habakkuk 3:17,18; now he gives us account on what ground he speaks so, it is not in his own strength he can do it, but it is because the Lord God is his strength. And will make me to walk upon mine high places. on my stringed instruments; which were either invented by him, or used by him in the temple, or were his own property: or he sent this prayer or ode to him who was over these instruments, had the care and use of them; and which were such as were to be stricken with the hand, bone, or quill; and are the same that are called "Neginoth" in the title of the fourth Psalm Psalm 4:1, and others. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. This inscription, To the leader, למנצח, lamenatsech, frequently occurs in the Psalms. The Lord God ... will make my feet like hinds' feet ... to walk upon mine high places. See App-65. May God indeed bless all who take time to read and meditate upon it. NAS Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. olive, shall yield no fruits, and sweetness shall be corrupted by vanities, and the oil of mercy shall be dried up, and lamps go out, and its promises shall fail and it shall lie, having "a show of goodness, but denying the power of it; in words confessing God, and in works denying Him;" and through their own negligences, or the carelessness of pastors, the sheep of Christ shall perish from His very fold, and they who should be strong to labor 1 Corinthians 9:9-10. shall cease, God's elect shall joy in Him, "beholding His goodness, and loving Him in all things, and He will give them free affections, and fervid longings of holy love, whereby they shall not walk only, but run the way of His commandments and prevail over the enemies of their salvation. thy God is my God; and He is the horn of his people. 4. Probably not only the safety, but the moral elevation of Israel above all the lands of the earth is implied (Deuteronomy 33:29, "Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord ... thou shalt tread upon their (thine enemies') high places)". Houbigant, however, gives the last words another turn; rendering them thus, And shall bring me to the tops of the mountains to victory in my song; or, "that I may overcome, when those "things which I here sing shall have their completion.". do not let us deprive ourselves of the lofty consolations and the mysterious influx of power which may be ours. Hail then, thou glorious, gracious, great I AM the visible Jehovah of thy Church and people! Dried fruit was an important part of winter food. II. In a long Excursus he defends New Testament uses of Habakkuk 2:4-note (pp. One wave of the hand, and they are miles away. And He gives him feet that can clamber without slipping, and makes him walk in the high places, within his soul far from strife and trouble. In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. Our King Alfred translated the Psalter himself into his own Saxon tongue. Note; (1.) He will make my feet like hinds’ feet; that I may escape to God my refuge to that safe mountain of salvation, that I may at last flee from Babylon to Judea, to Jerusalem. (2.) He felt one way, distraught. Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 1:1 The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. Even so when at the end of the world all shall fail, and the love of many shall wax cold, and the Church, which is likened to the fig tree the vine and the (Luke 13:6; Isaiah 5:1; 21:33; etc. Holy souls tremble at God's word, and with awful apprehensions look forward to the wrath ready to be revealed from heaven. The Lord God is my strength] And hence his joy of faith, and ability to bear up under pressures of afflictions, as a man that is well lined within, and hath abundance of good blood and fresh spirits, can endure to go with less clothes than another. Truly, Lord, thy goings forth have been, in this divine character, from everlasting. But there is an implied contrast between God and those supports on which men usually lean. The events that unfold in our world seldom make sense. One little word sets off this section. We read in verse 2, “O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.” The Lord’s ‘speech’ was a revelation to Habakkuk concerning the coming chastisement of the Jews. "He will make my feet like hinds," which bound upward through His imparted strength, trod, when scared by alarms here below, flee tearless to their native reeks, spring from height to height, and at last shew themselves on some high peak, and standing on the Rock, look down on the whole world below their feet and upward on high. The Lord God is my strength - This is an imitation, if not a quotation, from Psalm 18:32-33; (note), where see the notes. Having had his eyes turned to God (Hab. Among others the so-called Habakkuk-Commentary (1Qp Hab) was found in cave I. The way forward was not going to be filled with worry and sleepless nights and ulcers. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments - bin. 2. On a mountain we see more clearly. Seeking revival from the God of all power. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. The air is pure; the poison mists are down lower; the hunters do not come there; their arrows or their rifles will not carry so far. The author and giver of natural and spiritual strength, as he is to all his people; he is the strength of their hearts when ready to faint and sink, and of their graces, faith, hope, love, patience, &c. and continues and increases them, and draws them forth into lively acts and exercise; and of their lives, natural and spiritual, which he supports and maintains, secures and defends; from him they have their strength to perform the duties of religion; to oppose their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world; and to bear them up under all trials and afflictions, and carry them through them, and deliver out of them, and which is principally intended here: the church, though in distress, and pressed with sorrows, yet believed the strength of Christ would be made perfect in her weakness, and she should be upheld by him under all, and brought out of it: and he will make my feet like hinds' feet; swift as they, as the Targum, which are very swift; and on account of the swiftness of them is the comparison used: and which is to be understood, not barely of the Jews being swift of foot to return to their own country, when the time of their conversion is come; or to pursue their enemies, as Kimchi; that is, Gog or the Turks, having got the victory over them: but of all Christians, whose feet will be swift to run, in a lively cheerful manner, the way of Christ's commandments; their souls being strengthened, and their hearts enlarged with the love and grace of God; and to surmount with ease all difficulties and obstructions that lie in their way: and chiefly this regards the ministers of the Gospel, and the swift progress they will make in spreading it in the world; as the apostles and first ministers of the word, having their feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace, went swiftly through all parts of the world, even to the ends of the earth, with it; so in the latter day many will run to and fro, everywhere preaching the everlasting Gospel to all nations; the knowledge of it shall greatly increase; see Daniel 12:4 this passage seems to be taken out of Psalm 18:33 and there may be not only an allusion to the swiftness of those creatures, but to the strength and firmness of their feet; so that they can go upon rocks and mountains securely, and tread and walk, and even run upon them with safety; and this sense is directed to, not only by what follows, concerning "walking" on "high places"; but by the word here used, which signifies to "make", or "set", fix, place, order, and settleF2ושם κ' ταξει, Sept.; "et ponet", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Burkius; "qui disponit", Junius & Tremellius; "et possuit", ; and this agrees with the nature of those creatures, whose feet are not only swift, but firm; they tread sure and stable; hence hinds and harts are by the poetsF3"Fixerit aeripedem cervam licet----" Virgil. But see Introduction, § 1. Of course, physical conditions vary. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet; when Egypt felt his plagues, or when the Canaanites were by his judgments consumed, or were at least weakened in order to their final destruction. Commentary on Habakkuk 3:16-19 (Read Habakkuk 3:16-19) When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. Hitzig's rendering is grammatically false, "to the conductor of my pieces of music;" for ב cannot be used as a periphrasis for the genitive, but when connected with a musical expression, only means with or in the accompaniment of (ה instrumenti or concomitantiae). Perhaps he was a farmer. Psalms 32:7. Such rejoicing communion with God will give light-footedness in the path of life. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; give the people some tokens of regard before the captivity ends, or revive the work of grace among them, which cannot but comfort and support them. He stood, and measured the earth; dividing the land of Canaan among the tribes, and with a look expelled the inhabitants. It appears from the last words, To the chief musician, on his stringed instruments, that this prayer was sung in the temple service. Even so when at the end of the world all shall fail, and the love of many shall wax cold, and the Church, which is likened to the fig tree the vine and the (Luke 13:6; Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 21:33; etc. Those who explain it as denoting the beginning of a song, are extremely frigid and jejune in what they advance; I shall therefore pass it by. , Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the heights a man for his strength our King Alfred translated Psalter... 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