1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet…
2How long, O LORD, must I call for…
3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why…
4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never…
5“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded!…
6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that…
7They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they…
8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than…
9All of them come bent on violence; their…
10They scoff at kings and make rulers an…
11Then they sweep by like the wind and…
12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my…
13Your eyes are too pure to look upon…
14You have made men like the fish of…
15The foe pulls all of them up with…
16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns…
17Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue…
