Commentary on Today's Verse

　　Commentary on Habakkuk 3:1-2

　　(Read Habakkuk 3:1-2)

　　The word prayer seems used here for an act of devotion. The Lord would revive his work among the people in the midst of the years of adversity. This may be applied to every season when the church, or believers, suffer under afflictions and trials. Mercy is what we must flee to for refuge, and rely upon as our only plea. We must not say, Remember our merit, but, Lord, remember thy own mercy.

　　Habakkuk 3:17-18 In-Context

　　15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.

　　16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.

　　17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

　　18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

　　19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.