Habakkuk 3:18

Despite every loss, Habakkuk declares he will rejoice in the Lord and be joyful in the God of his salvation. It is a triumphant confession of faith that finds its joy in God alone.

Cross-references · 26

• Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
• Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
• Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
• Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
• Rom 5:2–3through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Ps 25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
• Ps 46:1–5For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Luke 1:46–47Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
• 1 Pet 1:8whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —
• Ps 118:14–15Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
• Exod 15:2Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• 1 Sam 2:1Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
• Ps 27:1By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
• 1 Pet 4:12–13Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
• Ps 97:12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
• Luke 2:30for my eyes have seen your salvation,
• Ps 85:6Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
• Ps 33:1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
• Jas 1:2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
• Isa 41:16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Jas 1:9–10But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
• Ps 104:34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
• Zech 10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
• Deut 12:18but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

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