Habakkuk 3:19
“Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.”
— Habakkuk 3:19
About this verse
Habakkuk 3:19 comes from the book of Habakkuk, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is vision response. These words are attributed to Habakkuk. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 90% and a tone that is joyful. It belongs to the prayer_hymn genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine strength, agility, enablement. Notable phrases: Yahweh is my strength; makes my feet like deer's feet. This verse is a prayer.
Speaker
Habakkuk
Era
Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
grateful
Type
prayer_hymn
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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