(A)Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed (B)at his heels.[a]
He stood (C)and measured the earth;
    he looked and shook the nations;
then the (D)eternal mountains (E)were scattered;
    the everlasting hills sank low.
    His were (F)the everlasting ways.
I saw the tents of (G)Cushan in affliction;
    (H)the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet

Plague(A) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(B)
    and the age-old hills(C) collapsed(D)
    but he marches on forever.(E)
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian(F) in anguish.(G)

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