Habakkuk 3:2 (YLT)

Passage

O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:

Habakkuk 3:2 O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:3 God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.

Habakkuk 3:4 And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there--the hiding of His strength.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "jehovah", "heard", "report", "been", "afraid", "midst", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "jehovah", 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 concerning..." into verse 3's "God from Teman doth come The Holy...", so "mercy" and "jehovah" 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 "mercy" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.