“Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.”
I heard and my heart trembled; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered into my bones, and my legs trembled beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon the people who invade us—Habakkuk's response to the theophanic vision combines fear (heart trembling, lips quivering, legs trembling) with resolute faith. The 'rottenness entering bones' suggests profound disturbance; yet despite existential terror, Habakkuk chooses to 'quietly wait' for divine justice. This verse depicts faith not as absence of fear but as trust despite fear.
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