to God out of his deep concern for the prevailing circumstances of his day. Many times over he had returned with heart broken to pray over the awful situation. Finally he has come to the point of utter puzzlement over the silence of God. He cannot understand how the Almighty can allow the situation to continue any longer. 2 Perhaps it might have been some consolation to the prophet if he had recalled that the Lord himself was the first to cry “How long?” Long before Habakkuk had begun his struggle