Habakkuk 1:1-4 - Habakkuk's Complaint
1 The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save? 3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.