Habakkuk 1:1-4 - Habakkuk's Complaint

¹ The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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O Lord, how long will I call for help
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
³
Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
For destruction and violence are before me;
Strife continues and contention arises.
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Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored
And justice is never upheld,
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore, justice becomes perverted.