indirectly so concerned, in the sense that a psalmist wrote for the sake of people who were subjected to violence and people prayed these psalms on behalf of people who were subjected to violence. But a concern for other people who were subjected to violence is explicit in Habakkuk. He is offended by the monstrous situation he confronts in the community, by which Yahweh seems not to be offended. No matter how loud he shouts about it, Yahweh will neither listen nor do anything. He lives as a man who