Habakkuk Complains to the Lord
1:1 The following is the message1 which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet:2
1:2 How long, Lord, must I cry for help?
But you do not listen!
I call out to you, “Violence!”
But you do not intervene!3
1:3 Why do you force me to witness injustice?4
Why do you put up with wrongdoing?5
Destruction and violence confront6 me;
conflict is present and one must endure strife.7
1:4 For this reason the law lacks power,8
and justice is never carried out.9
Indeed,10 the wicked intimidate11 the innocent.12
For this reason justice is perverted.13
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