Habakkuk 3:13

“Thou wentest forth for the salvation of that people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed, etc.] Or, “thy Messiah”; which Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret of Messiah the son of David; and read and give the sense of the words thus, “as thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, by bringing them into the land of Canaan, so do thou go forth for salvation with thy Messiah.” God of old went forth in his power and providence for the salvation of his people, whom he chose above all people to be his special and peculiar people; making use of Moses and Aaron in bringing them out of Egypt, and leading them through the wilderness, and of Joshua to introduce them, and settle them in the land…”

“with thine anointed--with Messiah; of whom Moses, Joshua, and David, God's anointed leaders of Israel, were the types (Psa 89:19-20, Psa 89:38). God from the beginning delivered His people in person, or by the hand of a Mediator (Isa 63:11). Thus Habakkuk confirms believers in the hope of their deliverance, as well because God is always the same, as also because the same anointed Mediator is ready now to fulfil God's will and interpose for Israel, as of old [CALVIN]. MAURER translates to suit the parallelism, "for salvation to Thine anointed," namely, Israel's king in the abstract, answering to the "people" in the former clause (compare Psa 28:8; Lam 4:20). Or Israel is meant, the anointed,…”

“Thou wentest forth - Even a Jew says of this place, Kimchi: “The past is here used for the future; and this is frequent in the language of prophecy; for prophecy, although it be future, yet since it is, as it were, firmly fixed, they use the past concerning it.” The prophet speaks again in the past, perhaps to fix the mind on that signal going-forth, when God destroyed Pharaoh, the first enemy who essayed to destroy the chosen line. This stands at the head of all those dispensations, in which God put or shall put forth His might to save His people or destroy their enemies. All is with Him one everlasting purpose; the last were, as it were, embodied in the first: were it not for the last, the…”

“With thine anointed - Under the conduct of thine anointed, Joshua, the type of the Messiah. Thou woundest - Gavest a deadly wound to the kings of Canaan. The house of the wicked - The courts of these kings were houses of the vilest wickedness. By discovering - Destroying all from head to foot. Habakkuk 3:14”

“wentest: Exo 14:13, Exo 14:14, Exo 15:1, Exo 15:2; Psa 68:7, Psa 68:19-23 with: Psa 77:20, Psa 89:19-21, Psa 99:6, Psa 105:15, Psa 105:26; Isa 63:11 thou woundedst: Exo 12:29, Exo 12:30; Jos 10:11, Jos 10:24, Jos 10:42, Jos 11:8, Jos 11:12; Psa 18:37-45, Psa 68:21, Psa 74:13, Psa 74:14; Psa 110:6 discovering: Heb. making naked Habakkuk 3:14”