Habakkuk 3:18

“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, etc.] In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; the essential Word of the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ; in his person, the greatness and glory of it; in his offices, as Prophet, Priest, and King, the only Mediator and Saviour; in his relations, as head and husband, father, brother, friend; in his fulness, grace, and righteousness; in his spiritual presence, and comfortable communion with him, which may be expected in a remarkable manner after the above day of trouble is over; and in his personal appearance, which will shortly be, and when his tabernacle will be with men on earth: I will joy in the God of my salvation; in Christ, who is God, and so able to save…”

“yet I will rejoice--The prophet speaks in the name of his people.”

“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. - The words are very impressive, as they stand in the Hebrew. “For,” he says, “the fig tree shall not blossom, and there is no fruit in the vines, the labor of the olive hath failed;” (the prophet does not look on, only to these things, but in his mind stands in the midst of them, they are done, and he amid them, feeling their effects) “and the field hath yielded no food; the flock hath been cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stall; and I.” He relates it as the result of all which had gone before; such and such was the state of fruit-trees, vintage, harvest, flocks and herds; such was the aspect of all…”

“I will rejoice: Deu 12:18; Sa1 2:1; Job 13:15; Psa 33:1, Psa 46:1-5, Psa 85:6, Psa 97:12, Psa 104:34; Psa 118:15, Psa 149:2; Isa 41:16, Isa 61:10; Zac 10:7; Luk 1:46, Luk 1:47; Rom 5:2, Rom 5:3; Phi 4:4; Jam 1:2, Jam 1:9, Jam 1:10; Pe1 1:8, Pe1 4:12, Pe1 4:13 the God: Exo 15:2; Psa 25:5, Psa 27:1, Psa 118:14; Isa 12:2; Mic 7:7; Luk 2:30 Habakkuk 3:19”

“Although trembling on account of the approaching trouble, the prophet will nevertheless exult in the prospect of the salvation that he foresees. Hab 3:18. "But I, in Jehovah will I rejoice, will shout in the God of my salvation. Hab 3:19. Jehovah the Lord is my strength, and makes my feet like the hinds, and causes me to walk along upon my high places." The turning-point is introduced with ואני ht, as is frequently the case in the Psalms. For this exaltation out of the sufferings of this life to believing joy in God, compare Psa 5:8; Psa 13:6; Psa 31:15, etc. עלז, a softened form of עלץ, to rejoice in God (cf. Psa 5:12), i.e., so that God is the inexhaustible source and infinite sphere of…”