Habakkuk 1:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

1 The pronouncement^(A) that the prophet Habakkuk saw.^(B)

Habakkuk’s First Prayer

²How long,^(C) Lord, must I call for help^(D)
and you do not listen
or cry out to you about violence^(E)
and you do not save?
³Why do you force me to look at injustice?^(F)
Why do you tolerate^[a] wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

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Footnotes

1:3 Lit observe, also in v. 13

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