Habakkuk’s Complaint

• 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
• 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.