Passage
O Yahweh, I have heard the report about You, and I fear. O Yahweh, revive Your work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In rage remember compassion.
Habakkuk 3:2 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Habakkuk 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
Habakkuk 3:2 O Yahweh, I have heard the report about You, and I fear. O Yahweh, revive Your work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In rage remember compassion.
Habakkuk 3:3 God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.
Habakkuk 3:4 His brightness is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His strength.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "yahweh", "heard", "report", "fear", "revive", "midst", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "heard", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet according..." into verse 3's "God comes from Teman And the Holy...", so "yahweh" and "heard" 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 "yahweh" and "heard" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.