1:1 The
oracle
that
Habakkuk
the
prophet
saw.
1:2 O
LORD,
how
long
shall
I
cry
for
help,
and
you
will
not
hear
Or
cry
to
you
"Violence!"
and
you
will
not
save
1:3 Why
do
you
make
me
see
iniquity,
and
why
do
you
idly
look
at
wrong
Destruction
and
violence
are
before
me;
strife
and
contention
arise.
1:4 So
the
law
is
paralyzed,
and
justice
never
goes
forth.
For
the
wicked
surround
the
righteous;
so
justice
goes
forth
perverted.
1:5 "Look
among
the
nations,
and
see;
wonder
and
be
astounded.
For
I
am
doing
a
work
in
your
days
that
you
would
not
believe
if
told.
1:6 For
behold,
I
am
raising
up
the
Chaldeans,
that
bitter
and
hasty
nation,
who
march
through
the
breadth
of
the
earth,
to
seize
dwellings
not
their
own.
1:7 They
are
dreaded
and
fearsome;
their
justice
and
dignity
go
forth
from
themselves.
1:8 Their
horses
are
swifter
than
leopards,
more
fierce
than
the
evening
wolves;
their
horsemen
press
proudly
on.
Their
horsemen
come
from
afar;
they
fly
like
an
eagle
swift
to
devour.
1:9 They
all
come
for
violence,
all
their
faces
forward.
They
gather
captives
like
sand.
1:10 At
kings
they
scoff,
and
at
rulers
they
laugh.
They
laugh
at
every
fortress,
for
they
pile
up
earth
and
take
it.
1:11 Then
they
sweep
by
like
the
wind
and
go
on,
guilty
men,
whose
own
might
is
their
god!"
1:12 Are
you
not
from
everlasting,
O
LORD
my
God,
my
Holy
One
We
shall
not
die.
O
LORD,
you
have
ordained
them
as
a
judgment,
and
you,
O
Rock,
have
established
them
for
reproof.
1:13 You
who
are
of
purer
eyes
than
to
see
evil
and
cannot
look
at
wrong,
why
do
you
idly
look
at
traitors
and
remain
silent
when
the
wicked
swallows
up
the
man
more
righteous
than
he
1:14 You
make
mankind
like
the
fish
of
the
sea,
like
crawling
things
that
have
no
ruler.
1:15 He
brings
all
of
them
up
with
a
hook;
he
drags
them
out
with
his
net;
he
gathers
them
in
his
dragnet;
so
he
rejoices
and
is
glad.
1:16 Therefore
he
sacrifices
to
his
net
and
makes
offerings
to
his
dragnet;
for
by
them
he
lives
in
luxury,
and
his
food
is
rich.
1:17 Is
he
then
to
keep
on
emptying
his
net
and
mercilessly
killing
nations
forever