Charles Ellicott Commentary Habakkuk 3:2

"O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy." — Habakkuk 3:2 (ASV)

Your speech. —Better, your report, as in margin. The tone is that of Psalms 44:1, We have heard with our ears O God! our fathers have told us... Jehovah’s doings at the beginning of the years are well known; the prophet seeks that they may be manifested again, now in the midst of the years. The petition in wrath remember mercy, is explained by Habakkuk 1:5 and following. It implies—though Your visitation is well deserved, yet mercifully limit its duration, as on former occasions.