Habakkuk 3:10 (LSB)

Passage

The mountains saw You and writhed; The downpour of waters passed by. The deep gave forth its voice; It lifted high its hands.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:8 Did Yahweh’s fury burn against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation?

Habakkuk 3:9 Your bow was made bare; Rods were sworn unto battle by word. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.

Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw You and writhed; The downpour of waters passed by. The deep gave forth its voice; It lifted high its hands.

Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the brightness of Your flashing spear.

Habakkuk 3:12 In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mountains", "writhed", "downpour", "waters", "passed", "deep", "gave", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mountains" and "writhed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Your bow was made bare Rods were..." into verse 11's "Sun and moon stood in their lofty...", so "mountains" and "writhed" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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