Habakkuk's Vision Revealed

Habakkuk’s Vision Revealed

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

What do you see?

What has Yahweh shown thee?

I cry out day and night

For Yahweh to show His might

And His power

In this, Judah’s most dreadful hour

Yet, I see iniquity triumph again and again

Oh Lord God, please tell me when…

Will you answer my cry?

Will I see justice prevail before I die?

Why do You show me such ill gotten gain

That causes my heart such pain?

Your Torah is not followed

Nor Your Holy Name hallowed

I will cry out to You as long as my soul remains awake

For there is so much here in Judah at stake.

Your watchman awaits Your reply

May my request not be denied!

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

Look and see

All that I, Yahweh, will show thee.

Though unexpected indeed

My judgment comes with God speed

It comes through a nation

I will raise up and hasten

To terrorize Judah with violence

That shall overcome their stubborn defiance

Though they honor their god

For the power of their rod

It is I, Yahweh, who shall use the Chaldeans

Yes, the Babylonian heathens

To execute my judgment on Judah

True that!

For I sit high and look low

To execute judgment on My friend and My foe

You are My watchman from whom I hide not

The judgment My righteous hand shall wrought.

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

How shall you respond

To the answer of Yahweh, your God?

Oh Everlasting Holy One

There is none

That compares to Thee

To You every nation bows their knee.

You are so Holy

The One and the Only

Yet, shall You allow Judah to be stricken

By a nation that is even more wicked

Than they?

To such mystery what shall I say?

I seek to understand

The wisdom of Your plan

So, I will stand tall

At my post on the wall

I will wait to hear and see

The wisdom Yahweh shall speak through me.

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

Look and see

All that I, Yahweh, will show thee.

Write the vision down

Let this volume be bound

On tablets to be read

Let it be known what Yahweh has said

This vision speaks of the end

Words of Yahweh that shall not bend

Wait with assurance

Wait with endurance

For you shall surely see

The vision that I show thee

Oh watchman on the wall, hold fast!

For the soul of the proud won’t last

But the just shall live long

Singing his faithful praise song

The just shall shine in the darkest night

Awaiting Yahweh to make all things right. 

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

Look and see

All that I, Yahweh, will show thee.

Oh watchman, you are given Yahweh’s vision

And power to overcome all foolish derision

Woe to those who are drunk with greed

For you shall reap your sown seed

Woe to those who seek unjust gain

For you shall wallow in shame

Woe to those driven to violence

For vanity you labor in defiance

As the water covers the Sea

So shall Earth be filled with Yahweh’s glory

Woe to those full of immorality

You shall drink the shame of your abnormality

Woe to those who craft inanimate idols

And perform vain religious recitals

For Yahweh sees all in His Holy dwelling place

So, let the Earth be silent before His face.  

Oh watchman on the wall

Standing so tall

How shall you proclaim Yahweh’s vision

And silence all fools blinded by derision?

Oh Yahweh, Your mercy I seek

Along with Your gloriously just feats

When I heard Your judgment, I trembled in fear

Even more when I saw Your terrible vision draw near

There is no God like Thee

You have caused me to see

The sovereignty of Your plan

And the wisdom of the works of Your hand

Though no fruit remain in the land

Due to the judgment Your righteousness demands

Yet in You, Yahweh, I shall rejoice

Yes, joy shall be my choice

For You are the God of my salvation

The strength of the nations

As the deer, on high places you cause me to stride

And in You alone I shall abide.

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