Habakkuk 3:19

“The Lord God [is] my strength, etc.] The author and giver of natural and spiritual strength, as he is to all his people; he is the strength of their hearts when ready to faint and sink, and of their graces, faith, hope, love, patience, etc. and continues and increases them, and draws them forth into lively acts and exercise; and of their lives, natural and spiritual, which he supports and maintains, secures and defends; from him they have their strength to perform the duties of religion; to oppose their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world; and to bear them up under all trials and afflictions, and carry them through them, and deliver out of them, and which is principally intended…”

“hinds' feet . . . walk upon . . . high places--Habakkuk has here before his mind Psa 18:33-34; Deu 32:13. "Hinds' (gazelles') feet" imply the swiftness with which God enables him (the prophet and his people) to escape from his enemies, and return to his native land. The "high places" are called "mine," to imply that Israel shall be restored to his own land, a land of hills which are places of safety and of eminence (compare Gen 19:17; Mat 24:16). Probably not only the safety, but the moral elevation, of Israel above all the lands of the earth is implied (Deu 33:29). on my stringed instruments--neginoth. This is the prophet's direction to the precentor ("chief singer") as to how the preceding…”

“The Lord God is my strength - The prophet does not inwardly only exult and triumph in God, but he confesses also in words of praise, that in Him he hath all things, that He is All things in him. And as he had confessed the Father, under the Name whereby He revealed Himself to Moses, and the Son, “the Lord God of my salvation,” so he confesses God the Holy Ghost, who, in us, is our strength. “He is our strength,” so that through Him, we can do all things; “He is our strength,” so that without Him, we can do nothing; “He is our strength,” so that when we put forth strength, we put forth nothing of our own, we add nothing of our own, we use not our own strength, of which we have none, but we do…”

“Like hinds feet - That I may escape to God my refuge. He will make me - To conquer and triumph. Next: Zephaniah Chapter 1”

“3:19 Habakkuk owed whatever strength he had to the Sovereign Lord, his Savior (3:18). Habakkuk compared his spiritual climb to a deer swiftly ascending to the mountaintops and gracefully gliding over them (cp. Ps 18:32-33).”

“my strength: Psa 18:1, Psa 27:1, Psa 46:1; Isa 12:2, Isa 45:24; Zac 10:12; Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10; Eph 3:16; Phi 4:13; Col 1:11 like: Sa2 22:34; Psa 18:33 to walk: Deu 32:13, Deu 33:29; Isa 58:14 stringed instruments: Heb. Neginoth, Psa 4:1-8, Psa 6:1-10, Psa 54:1-7, 55:1-23, Psa 67:1-7, Psa 76:1-12 \*titles Next: Zephaniah Chapter 1”