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{\MT Chabakuk



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The burden which Chabakuk HaNavi did see.


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{\Q \VS{2}Until when,
{\ND{Hashem}}, must I cry for help,

\par }{\Q and Thou wilt not hear?

\par }{\Q Even cry out unto Thee: Chamas
{\ADD{(violence!)}},

\par }{\Q and Thou wilt not save?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Why dost Thou show me iniquity,

\par }{\Q and cause me to behold trouble?

\par }{\Q For plundering and chamas are before me;

\par }{\Q and there are those that raise up strife and contention.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Therefore the torah is slacked,

\par }{\Q and mishpat
{\ADD{(judgment)}} doth never prevail;

\par }{\Q for the rasha doth hem in the tzadik;

\par }{\Q therefore mishpat
{\ADD{(justice)}} proceedeth perverted.


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{\Q \VS{5}[{\ND{Hashem}} says]: Behold ye the Goyim, and regard,

\par }{\Q and wonder marvelously;

\par }{\Q for I will work a work in your yamim which,

\par }{\Q though it be told you, of it ye will have no emunah
{\ADD{(faith)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For, hineni, I raise up the Kasdim
{\ADD{(Chaldeans)}},

\par }{\Q that Goy bitter and impetuous,

\par }{\Q which shall march far and wide over the earth,

\par }{\Q to confiscate the mishkanot
{\ADD{(dwelling places)}} that are not their own.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They are terrible and dreadful;

\par }{\Q their mishpat and their dignity shall proceed from themselves.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Their susim also are swifter than the leopards,

\par }{\Q keener than the evening wolves;

\par }{\Q and their parash
{\ADD{(cavalry)}} shall charge ahead,

\par }{\Q and their parash shall come from afar;

\par }{\Q they shall fly as the nesher
{\ADD{(eagle)}}, swooping to devour.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They shall come all for chamas;

\par }{\Q the swarm of their faces is directed forward,

\par }{\Q and they shall gather captives as the sand.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And they shall scoff at the melachim,

\par }{\Q and the roznim
{\ADD{(dignitaries)}} shall be a scorn unto them;

\par }{\Q they shall laugh at every stronghold;

\par }{\Q for they shall heap dirt
{\ADD{(earthen ramps)}}, and take it.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Then they sweep on like the ruach
{\ADD{(wind)}},

\par }{\Q guilty men whose g-d is his own koach.


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{\Q \VS{12}Art thou not mikedem
{\ADD{(from everlasting)}},\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:12 }{\FT{T.N. Also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiachʼs coeternal divine nature: see
}}{\XT{Mic 5:1}}{\FT{ [2]; see
}}{\XT{Dan 7:13-14; 3:12}}}

\par }{\Q {\ND{Hashem}} Elohai
{\ADD{(my G-d)}}, Kedoshi
{\ADD{(my Holy One)}}?

\par }{\Q We shall not die.

\par }{\Q {\ND{Hashem}}, Thou hast appointed them for mishpat;

\par }{\Q O Tzur, Thou hast ordained them for reproof.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou art of eyes of tehor
{\ADD{(pureness)}}, not to behold rah,

\par }{\Q and canst not look on wickedness;

\par }{\Q why lookest Thou upon them that deal treacherously,

\par }{\Q and holdest Thy tongue when the rasha devoureth the tzaddik,

\par }{\Q the man that is more righteous than he?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And makest adam as the dagim of the yam,

\par }{\Q as the creeping things, that have no moshel over them?


\par }{\Q \VS{15}They take up all of them with a khakkah
{\ADD{(hook)}},

\par }{\Q they catch them in their net,

\par }{\Q and gather them in their dragnet;

\par }{\Q therefore they have simcha
{\ADD{(joy)}} and are glad.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Therefore they make zevakhim
{\ADD{(sacrifices)}} unto their net,

\par }{\Q and burn incense unto their dragnet;

\par }{\Q because by them their portion is sumptuous,

\par }{\Q and their food plenteous.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Shall they therefore empty their net,

\par }{\Q and without mercy continually slay the Goyim?




\par }\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}I will stand upon my watch,

\par }{\Q and set me upon the matzor
{\ADD{(rampart)}},

\par }{\Q and will watch to see what
{\ND{Hashem}} will speak to me,

\par }{\Q and what He shall answer to my tokhakhah
{\ADD{(complaint)}}.


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{\Q \VS{2}And
{\ND{Hashem}} answered me, and said:

\par }{\Q Write the chazon,

\par }{\Q and make it plain upon tablets,

\par }{\Q so that a herald may run with it.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For the chazon is yet for a mo'ed
{\ADD{(an appointed time)}};

\par }{\Q it speaks of HaKetz
{\ADD{(the End)}}, and does not lie;

\par }{\Q though it tarry, wait for him;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:3 }{\FT{Moshiach — see Sanhedrin 97b}}}

\par }{\Q because he will surely come, and will not tarry.


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{\Q \VS{4}Hinei, his nashamah which is puffed up is not upright in him;

\par }{\Q but the tzaddik shall live by his emunah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:4 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Gn 15:6}}}


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{\Q \VS{5}Yea also, yayin is a boged
{\ADD{(betrayer, treacherous)}};

\par }{\Q he is a proud man, never at rest,

\par }{\Q who enlargeth his appetite as Sheol;

\par }{\Q like Mavet, it cannot be satisfied,

\par }{\Q but gathereth unto it kol HaGoyim,

\par }{\Q and collecteth unto it kol HaAmim;


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{\Q \VS{6}Shall not all these take up a mashal against such,

\par }{\Q with mocking poem riddles against him,

\par }{\Q and say: Hoy
{\ADD{(Woe)}} to him that increaseth that which is not his!

\par }{\Q For how long? And to him that loadeth himself by the weight of pledges!\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{i.e., heaps up by borrowing}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Shall not thy biters
{\ADD{(charging neshekh)}} arise suddenly

\par }{\Q and awake that shall oppress thee,

\par }{\Q and thou shalt be for plunder unto them?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Because thou hast plundered many Goyim,

\par }{\Q all the remnant of the Amim shall plunder thee;

\par }{\Q because of [shefach] dahm, and for the chamas eretz,

\par }{\Q the city, and of all that dwell therein.


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{\Q \VS{9}Hoy
{\ADD{(Woe)}} to him that coveteth an evil gain for his bais,

\par }{\Q that he may set his ken
{\ADD{(nest)}} on high,

\par }{\Q that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thy counsel hast brought shame to thy bais

\par }{\Q by cutting off amim rabbim and hast sinned against thy nashamah.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For the even
{\ADD{(stone)}} shall cry out of the wall,

\par }{\Q and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Hoy
{\ADD{(Woe)}} to him that buildeth a town with [shefach] dahm,

\par }{\Q and foundeth a city by iniquity!


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Hinei, is it not from
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os

\par }{\Q that the people shall labor only to feed the eish,

\par }{\Q and the people shall weary themselves in vain?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For the earth shall be filled with the da'as of the kavod
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q as the waters cover the yam.


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{\Q \VS{15}Hoy
{\ADD{(Woe)}} unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,

\par }{\Q pressing thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also,

\par }{\Q that thou mayest look on their nakedness!


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thou art filled with shame instead of kavod;

\par }{\Q drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered;

\par }{\Q the kos of
{\ND{Hashem}}ʼs right hand shall be turned against thee,

\par }{\Q and utter shame shall be on thy kavod.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}For the chamas of the Levanon shall cover thee,

\par }{\Q and the decimation of animals, by which you terrorized them,

\par }{\Q because of [shefach] dahm, and for the chamas eretz,

\par }{\Q and to the city, and all that dwell therein.


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{\Q \VS{18}What profiteth the pesel
{\ADD{(graven image)}}

\par }{\Q that the maker thereof hath shaped it;

\par }{\Q the molten image, and moreh sheker,

\par }{\Q that the maker of his work trusteth therein,

\par }{\Q to make dumb elilim
{\ADD{(idols)}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Hoy
{\ADD{(woe)}} unto him that saith to the wood: Awake;

\par }{\Q to the dumb even
{\ADD{(stone)}}: Arise, it shall teach!

\par }{\Q Hinei, it is laid over with zahav and kesef,

\par }{\Q and there is no ruach at all in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}But
{\ND{Hashem}} is in His Heikhal Kodesh;

\par }{\Q let kol ha'aretz keep silence before Him.




\par }\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}A tefillah of Chabakuk HaNavi. On Shigionoth.


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{\Q \VS{2}{\ND{Hashem}}, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid;

\par }{\Q {\ND{Hashem}}, revive Thy work in the midst of the shanim, i

\par }{\Q n the midst of the shanim make known;

\par }{\Q in wrath remember mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}G-d came from Teman,

\par }{\Q and HaKadosh from Mt Paran.

\par }{\Q \par }{\QS Selah\par }.

{\Q His hod
{\ADD{(glory)}} covered HaShomayim,

\par }{\Q and ha'aretz was full of His tehillah
{\ADD{(praise)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And His brightness was like the ohr;

\par }{\Q He had rays of light flashing from His yad;

\par }{\Q and there was His power hidden.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Before Him went the dever
{\ADD{(plague)}},

\par }{\Q and pestilence went forth at His feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He stood, and measured ha'aretz;

\par }{\Q He beheld, and made the Goyim tremble;

\par }{\Q and the everlasting mountains were scattered,

\par }{\Q the perpetual hills did bow;

\par }{\Q His ways are olam
{\ADD{(everlasting)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I saw the tents of Kushan in affliction;

\par }{\Q and the dwellings of Eretz Midyan did tremble.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Was
{\ND{Hashem}} displeased against the rivers?

\par }{\Q Was Thine anger against the rivers?

\par }{\Q Was Thy wrath against the yam,

\par }{\Q that Thou didst ride upon Thine susim

\par }{\Q and Thy merkavot of yeshu'ah
{\ADD{(salvation)}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thy keshet
{\ADD{(bow)}} was made bare.

\par }{\Q Oathes were sworn over mattot
{\ADD{(rods, arrows)}}.

\par }{\Q \par }{\QS Selah.\par }

{\Q Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The harim
{\ADD{(mountains)}} saw Thee, and they trembled;

\par }{\Q the overflowing of the water passed by;

\par }{\Q the tehom
{\ADD{(deep)}} uttered its voice,

\par }{\Q and lifted up its hands on high.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The shemesh and yarei'ach stood still in their habitation;

\par }{\Q at the ohr of Thine arrows they went,

\par }{\Q and at the lightning of Thy glittering spear.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou didst march through the land in indignation,

\par }{\Q Thou didst thresh the Goyim in anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people,

\par }{\Q even for deliverance of Thy Moshiach;

\par }{\Q Thou crushed the rosh of the bais of the wicked,

\par }{\Q Thou stripped him thigh to neck.

\par }{\Q \par }{\QS Selah.\par }


{\Q \VS{14}Thou didst pierce with his spears the head of his horde;

\par }{\Q they came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;

\par }{\Q their rejoicing was like unto devouring the aniyim
{\ADD{(the poor)}} in secret.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou didst walk through the yam with Thine susim,

\par }{\Q through the heap of mayim rabbim.


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{\Q \VS{16}When I heard, my heart trembled;

\par }{\Q my lips quivered at the voice;

\par }{\Q rottenness entered into my bones,

\par }{\Q and I trembled in myself,

\par }{\Q that I might wait patiently for the Yom Tzarah

\par }{\Q to come on the nation invading us.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom,

\par }{\Q neither shall grape be on the gefen;

\par }{\Q the labor of the olive shall fail,

\par }{\Q and the fields shall yield no okhel;

\par }{\Q the tzon shall be cut off from the fold,

\par }{\Q and there shall be no herd in the stalls;


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yet I will rejoice in
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q I will joy in the G-d of my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ND{Hashem}} Adonoi is my strength,

\par }{\Q and He will make my feet like the feet of a deer,

\par }{\Q and He will make me to walk upon mine high places.

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{\Q To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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