John Trapp on Habakkuk 3:14

Verſe 14. Thou didſt ſtrike thorow with his ſtaves, the heads of his villages [Heb. thou didſt pierce, or bore thorow, as with an awger, with his ſtaves (a Metaphor from ſhepherdy, according to that, Pſal. 23.3. thy rod and thy ſtaffe, &c.) or, with his tribes (the [non-Latin text not transcribed]) that entred the land of promiſe:Acts 26.7. with theſe men, or with theſe weapons, though never ſo unlikely, thou diddeſt by the hand of David, wound the hairy ſcalp of thine enemies, thoſe Pagans and perſecutours: and much more wi[illegible: 2 letters], by the Son of David, ſubdue Satan and his Complices.

they came out as a whirl-winde to ſcatter me] Heb. they tempeſted, they raiſed an hurly-burly, being turbulent ſpirits, as the devil is, to diſperſe me, as the duſt of the mountains is ſcattered before a whirle-winde.

their rejoycing was as to devour the poor] i. e, Poor me, they devoured in ſecret, as if God had been nothing aware of their doings: and this was their exultation, or rejoycing: they took pleaſure in their cruelty, and promiſed themſelves impunity.