Nahum 3 Habakkuk 1:1-4 Habakkuk 2

¹The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Habakkuk's Complaint

²O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,

and you will not hear?

Or cry to you “Violence!”

and you will not save?

³Why do you make me see iniquity,

and why do you idly look at wrong?

Destruction and violence are before me;

strife and contention arise.

⁴So the law is paralyzed,

and justice never goes forth.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

so justice goes forth perverted.