“He Makes My Feet Like the Deer’s”: Simile and Ascent in Habakkuk 3:19
יְהוִ֤ה אֲדֹנָי֙ חֵילִ֔י וַיָּ֤שֶׂם רַגְלַי֙ כָּֽאַיָּלֹ֔ות וְעַ֥ל בָּמֹותַ֖י יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ בִּנְגִינֹותָֽי׃ (Habakkuk 3:19) YHWH my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the deer’s, and He causes me to tread upon my high places. To the choirmaster, with my stringed instruments. Divine Enablement in Poetic Triumph Habakkuk 3:19 concludes the prophet’s prayer with…