Verse 1
Habakkuk 2:1
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
1
I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/י אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה וְ/אֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל מָצ֑וֹר וַ/אֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִ/רְאוֹת֙ מַה יְדַבֶּר בִּ֔/י וּ/מָ֥ה אָשִׁ֖יב עַל תּוֹכַחְתִּֽ/י
English Translation
I will stand upon my guard and set myself upon the watchtower, and I will look to see what he will say to me and what I will answer concerning my reproof.
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