1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 Lord, how long will I call for help and you not listen?I cry out to you, "Violence!"but you don’t deliver us.
3 Why do you show me injustice and look at anguishso that devastation and violence are before me?There is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 The Instruction is ineffective.Justice does not endurebecause the wicked surround the righteous.Justice becomes warped.