As Habakkuk continues this great prayer, he continues meditating on God’s greatness as he focuses on God’s actions of the past.

In verse 7, God is pictured as coming like a great storm passing through the nations that opposed and oppressed God’s people. These people tremble before God and speaking of their tents and curtains speak of their frailty. The strength of God’s enemies is insignificant compared to God’s strength.

God’s strength is now pictured in what He does to the natural world (v8-11) Looking at these verse gives a picture of God whose power and might are beyond our understanding or imagination. For the mention of the sun and moon standing still (v11) look up Joshua 10 v12-14.

In verses 12-13 God is again pictured marching powerfully for the deliverance of His people. Verses 14-15 seem to refer to the destruction of Pharaoh at the Red Sea. That ‘super-power’ was no match for the God of glory. Habakkuk still has fears about the coming of the Babylonians, but there is now a patience and trust as he waits (v16).

Here we see in this prayer how thinking about God’s greatness and what He has done in the past, has changed Habakkuk’s perspective on the world around him. We need to look at the world through Biblical lenses.