Habakkuk 3:19 (GNV)

Passage

The Lord God is my strength: hee will make my feete like hindes feete, and he will make me to walke vpon mine hie places. To the chiefe singer on Neginothai.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:17 For the figtree shall not flourish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall faile, and the fieldes shall yeelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut off from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.

Habakkuk 3:18 But I will reioyce in the Lord: I will ioy in the God of my saluation.

Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength: hee will make my feete like hindes feete, and he will make me to walke vpon mine hie places. To the chiefe singer on Neginothai.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "strength", "make", "feete", "like", and "hindes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "strength", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "But I will reioyce in the Lord...", giving immediate footing for "lord" and "strength". In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "strength" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.