Habakkuk 1:1-4

Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah

¹The pronouncement which Habakkuk the prophet saw:

2How long, Lord, have I called for help,

And You do not hear?

I cry out to You, “Violence!”

Yet You do not save.

3Why do You make me see disaster,

And make me look at destitution?

Yes, devastation and violence are before me;

Strife exists and contention arises.

4Therefore the Law is ignored,

And justice is never upheld.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

Therefore justice comes out confused.