Habakkuk’s Complaint

• 2 O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen?
• How long will I cry out to you, “Violence!”
  • and you will not save?
  • 3 Why do you cause me to see evil while you look at trouble?
• Destruction and violence happen before me;
  • contention and strife arise.
  • 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually.[fn]
• For the wicked surround the righteous;
  • therefore justice goes forth perverted.