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The entire Book of Habbakkuk is written in three sections across the middle part of the page, a section per chapter, in black cursive or block letters varying in size and density. Illustrations are incorporated within the text. Habakkuk 1 is written in 21 dense lines on the right side of the sheet in small, dense, and mainly cursive letters in the first line. The name of the prophet is written on the first line in stylized block letters (Habakkuk 1:1). On the sixth line, the word "believe" (Habakkuk 1: 5) is written in large bold block letters. At the end of the seventh line the word "land" (Habakkuk 1:6) is written in bold, block letters. יספר, ארץ At the begining of the 12th line, the word "scorn" (Habakkuk 1:10) is written in bolde,large block letters. On the 14th line the word between the words "Lord" and "my God" (Habakkuk 1:12) is ccrossed out. On the 15th line the word "eyes" (Habakkuk 1:13) is written in bolde and spacious cursive letters. עינים The last letter of the 15th line, "Ayn" in the word "evil" (Habakkuk 1:13) is written in large, bold cursive letter. Lines 16-17 (Habakkuk 1: 13-14) are written in bold letters while lines 19-21 (Habakkuk 1:16-17) are written in thinner letters. רע Habakkuk 2 is written at the center of the composition in 29 well spaced straight lines in large bold letters, in contrast to Habakkuk 1. The lines become longer towards the bottom of the section. The first two lines are written in small, thin letters. The word "write"(Habakkuk 2:2)at the begining of the third line is written in large block letters. Line 13 ends in the middle as does the verse it quotes (Habakkuk 2:8). כתב From the 14th line down, the lines grow longer and more well spaced and the letters are wider and larger, with varying degrees of thickness. The word "thy soul" on the 16th line is written in small, thin cursive letters. A Jerusalem stone is drawn beside the word "stone"on the 16th line and a brick wall is drawn beside the word "out of wall" (Habakkuk 2:11). אבן מקיר תזעק Line 17 is very short as is the verse in the bible (Habakkuk 2:12). Gaps in lines 24 and 26 signify the gap which appears in the verses in the bible (Habakkuk 2:18, 19). Chapter 3 is written on the left, parallel to chapter 2, in 29 uneven lines that tend to lean downwards. The lines and letters are bolder, larger, and more well spaced than those of the foirst two chapters. The word "as the light" (Habakkuk 3:4) on the sixth line is written in large, well spaced, block letters. Mountain tops are drawn at the end of the eighth line after the words "everlasting mountains" (Habakkuk 3:6) . כאור The word at the begining of the tenth line before the words "tents of Cushan" (Habakkuk 3: 7) is erased by a zig-zag line, and black tents resembling the mountains of the previous are drawn after "tents of Cushan". אהלי כושן A man on a horse is drawn on the 12th line after the word "thinehorses" (Habakkuk 3:8), resembling Picasso's Don Quixote. At the end of the 13th line the word "Selah" (Habakkuk 3:9) is written in very wide lette סוסיך, סלה A circle is drawn at the end of the 15th line, afteword "the sun" (Habakkuk 3:11) and a crescent moon is drawn on the 16th line after the word "moon" (Habakkuk 3:11) . On the same line the word "as the light" is written with large gaps between each letter. Two arrows are drawn (also on this line) beside the word "thine arrows". שמש ירח )עמד זבלה( לאור חציך On the 17th line, after the words "thine glittering spear" (Habakkuk 3:11) is a glittering dagger. The word "Selah" (Habakkuk 3:13) is written at the end of the 19th line in wide letters. ברק חניתך, סלה Lines 22-27 are written in small thin cursive, dense letters. A fig is drawn after the word "fig tree" (Habakkuk 3:17) on the 23rd line. An olive tree is drawn beside the word "olive" (Habakkuk 3:17) on the 24th line. Only two words are written on the 28th line and only one is written on the 29th line. ידרכני למנצח בנגינותי