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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
which
Habakkuk
the
prophet
did
see.
\VS{2}Jehovah,
how
long
shall
I
cry
and thou wilt
not
hear?
I
cry
out unto thee,
Violence!
and thou dost
not
save.
\VS{3}Why dost thou
cause
me
to
see
iniquity,
and lookest thou
upon grievance?
For spoiling
and
violence
are
before
me;
and
there
is
strife,
and
contention riseth
up.
\VS{4}Therefore
the
law
is powerless,
and
justice doth
never
go
forth;
for
the
wicked encompasseth
the
righteous;
therefore
judgment goeth
forth
perverted.
\VS{5}See ye
among
the
nations,
and
behold,
and
wonder marvellously;
for [I]
work
a
work
in
your
days,
which ye
will
not
believe,
though
it
be
declared [to
you].
\VS{6}For
behold,
I
raise
up
the
Chaldeans,
that
bitter
and
impetuous
nation,
which marcheth
through
the breadth
of
the
earth,
to
possess dwelling-places
that
are
not theirs.
\VS{7}They
are terrible
and dreadful:
their
judgment
and
their
dignity
proceed
from themselves.
\VS{8}And
their
horses
are
swifter than
the
leopards,
and
are more agile than
the
evening
wolves;
and
their
horsemen prance proudly,
and
their
horsemen
come
from
afar:
they
fly
as
an
eagle
that hasteth
to
devour.
\VS{9}They
come
all
of
them
for
violence:
the crowd
of
their
faces
is forwards,
and
they
gather
captives
as
the
sand.
\VS{10}Yea,
he scoffeth
at
kings,
and princes
are
a
scorn unto
him;
he derideth
every stronghold:
for
he heapeth
up
dust,
and taketh
it.
\VS{11}Then
will
his
mind
change,
and
he
will
pass
on,
and
become
guilty:
this
his
power
is
become
his
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:11 }
Eloah}god.
\VS{12}— Art thou
not
from everlasting,
Jehovah
my
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
my
Holy
One?
We
shall
not
die.
Jehovah, thou hast
ordained
him
for
judgment;
and thou,
O
Rock, hast
appointed
him
for correction.
\VS{13}[Thou art]
of purer
eyes
than
to
behold
evil,
and canst
not
look
on
mischief: wherefore lookest thou
upon
them
that
deal
treacherously, [and] keepest silence
when
the
wicked swalloweth
up
a [man]
more
righteous
than
he?
\VS{14}And thou makest
men as
the fishes
of
the
sea, as
the
creeping
things,
that
have
no
ruler
over
them.
\VS{15}He taketh
up
all
of
them
with
the
hook,
he catcheth
them
in
his net,
and gathereth
them
into
his
drag;
therefore
he rejoiceth
and
is
glad:
\VS{16}therefore
he sacrificeth unto
his net,
and burneth
incense unto
his drag;
for
by
them
his
portion
is become
fat,
and
his meat dainty.
\VS{17}Shall
he
therefore empty
his net,
and
not
spare
to
slay
the
nations
continually?

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
will
stand
upon
my
watch,
and
set
me
upon
the tower,
and
will
look
forth
to
see
what
he
will
say unto
me,
and
what
I
shall
answer
as
to
my
reproof.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
answered
me
and
said,
Write
the
vision,
and engrave
it
upon
tablets,
that
he
may
run
that readeth
it.
\VS{3}For
the
vision
is
yet
for
an
appointed
time,
but
it hasteth
to
the
end,
and
shall
not
lie:
though
it
tarry,
wait
for
it;
for
it
will
surely
come,
it
will
not
delay.
\VS{4}Behold,
his
soul
is puffed
up,
it
is
not upright within
him:
but
the
just
shall
live
by
his
faith.
\VS{5}And
moreover,
the
wine
is
treacherous:
he
is
a proud
man,
and keepeth
not
at rest,
he enlargeth
his
desire
as
Sheol,
and
he
is
like
death
and
cannot
be
satisfied;
and
he assembleth unto
him
all
nations,
and gathereth unto
him
all
peoples.
\VS{6}Shall
not
all
these
take
up
a
proverb
about
him,
and
a taunting
riddle
against
him,
and
say,
Woe
to
him
that increaseth
that
which
is
not
his!
how
long? —
and
to
him
that loadeth
himself
with pledges!
\VS{7}Shall
they
not
rise
up
suddenly
that
shall bite thee,
and
they awake
up
that
shall vex thee,
and thou shalt
be
for booties unto
them?
\VS{8}Because thou hast
plundered
many
nations,
all
the
rest
of
the
peoples
shall plunder thee;
because
of men's
blood,
and
for
the
violence [done]
to
the
land,
to
the
city,
and
all
that
dwell therein.
\VS{9}Woe
to
him
that getteth iniquitous
gain
to
his
house,
that
he
may
set
his
nest
on
high,
that
he
may
be
delivered
from
the
grasp
of
evil!
\VS{10}Thou hast
devised
shame
to thy
house,
by
cutting
off
many
peoples,
and hast
sinned
against thine
own
soul.
\VS{11}For
the
stone
shall
cry
out
of
the
wall,
and
the beam
out
of
the
timber
shall
answer
it.
\VS{12}Woe
to him
that buildeth
a
town
with
blood,
and establisheth
a
city
by
unrighteousness!
\VS{13}Behold,
is
it
not
of
Jehovah
of
hosts
that
the
peoples labour
for
the
fire,
and
the
nations
weary themselves
in vain?
\VS{14}For
the
earth
shall
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
Jehovah
as
the
waters
cover
the
sea.
\VS{15}Woe unto
him
that giveth
his neighbour
drink, —
that pourest
out thy flask,
and makest [him] drunken
also,
that thou mayest
look
on
their
nakedness!
\VS{16}Thou art
filled
with
shame instead
of
glory;
drink thou
also,
and let thy foreskin
be uncovered:
the
cup
of Jehovah's
right
hand
shall
be
turned unto thee,
and
a shameful spewing
shall
be
on thy
glory.
\VS{17}For
the
violence [done]
to
Lebanon
shall
cover thee,
and
the
destruction
of
beasts
which
made
them afraid;
because
of men's
blood,
and
for
the
violence [done]
to
the
land,
to
the
city,
and
all
that
dwell therein.
\VS{18}What profiteth
the
graven
image
that
the
maker thereof hath
graven
it?
the molten
image,
and
the
teacher
of
falsehood,
that
the
maker
of
his work dependeth
thereon,
to
make dumb
idols?
\VS{19}Woe unto
him
that saith
to
the
wood,
Awake!
to
the dumb
stone,
Arise!
Shall
it
teach?
Behold
it
is
overlaid
with
gold
and
silver,
and
there
is
no
breath
at
all
in
the
midst
of
it.
\VS{20}But
Jehovah
is
in
his
holy
temple. Let
all
the
earth
keep
silence
before
him!

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
Prayer
of
Habakkuk
the
prophet
upon
Shigionoth.
\VS{2}Jehovah,
I
heard
the
report
of thee, [and]
I
feared.
Jehovah,
revive thy
work
in
the
midst
of
the
years,
In
the
midst
of
the
years
make [it]
known:
In
wrath
remember
mercy!
\VS{3}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:3 }
Eloah}God
came
from
Teman,
And
the
Holy
One
from
mount
Paran.
Selah.
His
glory covereth
the
heavens,
And
the
earth
is
full
of
his
praise.
\VS{4}And [his]
brightness
was
as
the
light;
Rays [came forth]
from
his
hand;
And
there
was
the
hiding
of
his
power.
\VS{5}Before
him
went
the
pestilence,
And
a burning flame
went
forth at
his
feet.
\VS{6}He
stood,
and measured
the
earth;
He beheld,
and discomfited
the
nations;
And
the
eternal
mountains
were
scattered,
The
everlasting
hills gave way:
His
ways
are
everlasting.
\VS{7}I
saw
the
tents
of
Cushan
in
affliction;
The
curtains
of
the
land
of
Midian did
tremble.
\VS{8}Was
Jehovah wrathful
with
the
rivers?
Was thine
anger
against
the
rivers?
Was thy
rage
against
the
sea,
That thou didst
ride
upon thy
horses, Thy
chariots
of
salvation?
\VS{9}Thy
bow
was
made naked,
The
rods [of discipline]
sworn according
to [thy] word.
Selah. Thou didst cleave
the
earth
with
rivers.
\VS{10}The
mountains
saw thee,
they
were
in travail: Torrents
of
waters
passed
by;
The
deep
uttered
its
voice,
Lifted
up
its
hands
on
high.
\VS{11}The
sun [and]
moon
stood
still
in
their
habitation,
At
the
light
of thine
arrows which shot
forth, —
At
the
shining
of thy
glittering
spear.
\VS{12}Thou didst
march
through
the
land
in
indignation, Thou didst
thresh
the
nations
in
anger.
\VS{13}Thou wentest
forth
for
the
salvation
of thy
people,
For
the
salvation
of thine
anointed; Thou didst smite
off
the
head
from
the
house
of
the
wicked,
Laying
bare
the
foundation
even
to
the
neck.
Selah.
\VS{14}Thou didst strike through
with
his own
spears
the
head
of
his
leaders:
They came out
as
a whirlwind
to
scatter
me, Whose exulting
was
as
to
devour
the
afflicted secretly.
\VS{15}Thou didst
walk through
the
sea
with thy
horses,
The heap
of
great
waters.
\VS{16}I
heard,
and
my
belly
trembled;
My
lips
quivered
at
the
voice;
Rottenness
entered
into
my
bones,
and
I
trembled
in
my
place,
That
I
might
rest
in
the
day
of
distress,
When
their invader
shall
come
up
against
the
people.
\VS{17}For
though
the fig-tree
shall
not blossom,
Neither
shall
fruit
be
in
the
vines;
The labour
of
the olive-tree
shall
fail,
And
the
fields
shall
yield
no
food;
The
flock
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
fold,
And
there
shall
be
no
herd
in
the
stalls:
\VS{18}Yet
I
will
rejoice
in
Jehovah,
I
will joy
in
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
my
salvation.
\VS{19}Jehovah,
the
Lord,
is
my
strength,
And
he maketh
my
feet
like hinds' [feet],
And
he
will
make
me
to
walk
upon
my
high
places.
To
the chief Musician.
On
my
stringed
instruments.
\par }