Verse 1: Isiprofetho owasibonayo uHabakuki umprofethi.
Verse 2: Ngiyakukuncenga kuze kube nini, Jehova, ungezwa, ngikhala ngendluzula, ungasindisi, na?
Verse 3: Ungiboniselani ububi, ungibhekise ukukhathazeka na? Ngokuba ukuchitheka nendluzula kuphambi kwami; kukhona ukulwa, ukuxabana kuyaqhamuka.
Verse 4: Ngalokho umthetho uba buthakathaka, nokwahlulela akuphumi kuze kube nini, ngokuba omubi uhaqa olungileyo; ngalokho ukwahlulela kuphuma kuhlanekezelwe.
Verse 5: “Bonani phakathi kwabezizwe, nibheke, nimangale nokumangala, ngokuba wenza isenzo ezinsukwini zenu eningayikukholwa yiso, lapho silandwa.
Verse 6: Ngokuba bhekani, ngiyavusa amaKaledi, isizwe esibabayo nesiphulukundlelayo, esidabula ebubanzini bomhlaba ukuyokudla izindawo zokuhlala ezingeyizo ezaso.
Verse 7: Siyethusa, siyesabeka; kuphuma kuso ukwahlulela kwaso nesithunzi saso.
Verse 8: Amahhashi aso anejubane kunezingwe, anonya kunezimpisi zakusihlwa; abamahhashi baso bayaqinisela; yebo, bavela kude abamahhashi baso, bandiza njengokhozi oluphuthuma ukudla.
Verse 9: Zonke zifikela indluzula, ubuso bazo bujonga phambili; zibutha abathunjwa njengesihlabathi.
Verse 10: Yebo, sibhinqa amakhosi, nababusi balusulu kuso; sihleka zonke izinqaba, sinqwabela uthuli, sizithathe.
Verse 11: Bese sikhukhula njengomoya, sidlule, sizitholele icala, sona esimandla aso angunkulunkulu waso.”
Verse 12: Wena Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, oNgcwele, awungowasendulo na? Asiyikufa; Jehova, usinqumele ukwahlulelwa; wena Dwala, usimisele ukujeziswa.
Verse 13: Wena omehlo akho ahlambulukile ukuba ungaboni okubi, ungenakubheka ukuhlanekezela, ubhekelani abakhohlisayo, uthulelani lapho omubi egwinya olungileyo kunaye,
Verse 14: wenze abantu babe njengezinhlanzi zaselwandle, njengezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo ezingenambusi phezu kwazo na?
Verse 15: Uyabakhipha bonke ngodobo, abadonse ngenetha, ababuthe ngenetha lakhe elihudulwayo; ngalokho uyathokoza, uyajabula.
Verse 16: Ngalokho uyahlabela inetha lakhe, ashisele inetha lakhe elihudulwayo impepho, ngokuba isabelo sakhe siyanona ngakho, kube mnandi ukudla kwakhe.
Verse 17: Ngalokho uyakuthulula inetha lakhe, abulale njalo izizwe ngokunganqamukiyo, na?