Habakkuk Chapter 1

1The burdenH4853 whichH834 HabakkukH2265 the prophetH5030 didH834 seeH2372. 2O LORDH3068, howH575 longH5704 shall I cryH2199, and thou wilt notH3808 hearH8085? I cryH2199 outH2199 unto thee of violenceH2555, and thou wilt notH3808 saveH3467. 3WhyH4100 dost thou shew meH7200 iniquityH205, and lookH7200 uponH1961 perverseness? for spoiling and violenceH2555 are beforeH5048 meH7200: and there is strifeH7379, and contentionH4066 riseth upH5375. 4Therefore the lawH8451 is slacked, and judgmentH4941 doth neverH3808 goH3318 forthH3318: for the wickedH7563 doth compass aboutH5921 the righteousH6662; therefore judgmentH4941 goeth forthH3318 pervertedH6127. 5BeholdH7200 ye among the nationsH1471, and regardH7200, and wonderH8539 marvelously: for I workH6467 a workH6467 in your daysH3117, whichH1471 ye will notH3808 believeH539 thoughH3588 it be toldH5608 youH3588. 6For, loH2005, I raiseH6965 upH6965 the ChaldeansH3778, that bitterH4751 and hastyH4116 nationH1471; whichH1471 marchH1980 throughH1980 the breadth of the earthH776, to possessH3423 dwellingH4908 placesH4908 that are notH3808 theirs. 7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgmentH4941 and their dignityH7613 proceedH3318 from themselves. 8Their horsesH5483 also are swifterH7043 than leopardsH5246, and are more fierce than the eveningH6153 wolvesH2061; and their horsemenH6571 spread themselves: yea, their horsemenH6571 comeH935 from farH7350; they flyH5774 as an eagleH5404 that hasteth to devourH398. 9They comeH935 allH3605 of them for violenceH2555; their facesH6440 are setH935 eagerly as the eastH6921 windH6921; and they gatherH622 captivesH7628 as the sandH2344. 10Yea, he scoffeth at kingsH4428, and princes are a derision unto him: he derideth everyH3605 strong holdH7832; for he heapeth upH6651 dustH6083, and taketh it. 11Then shall he sweepH2498 by as a windH7307, and shall passH5674 over, and be guiltyH816: even he whoseH2098 might is his godH430. 12Art notH3808 thou from everlasting, O LORDH3068 my GodH430, mine HolyH6918 One? weH4191 shall notH3808 dieH4191. O LORDH3068, thou hast ordainedH7760 him for judgmentH4941; and thou, O RockH6697, hast establishedH3245 him for correction. 13Thou that art of purer eyesH5869 thanH4480 to beholdH7200 evilH7451, and that canst notH3808 lookH7200 on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou uponH413 them that dealH898 treacherouslyH898, and holdest thy peace when the wickedH7563 swalloweth upH7200 the manH7563 that is moreH4480 righteousH6662 thanH4480 he; 14and makest menH120 as the fishes of the seaH3220, as the creepingH7431 things, that have noH3808 rulerH4910 over them? 15He taketh upH5927 allH3605 of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his dragH1641: therefore he rejoiceth and is gladH8055. 16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incenseH6999 unto his drag; becauseH3588 by them his portionH2506 is fatH1277, and his meat plenteous. 17Shall he therefore empty his net, and notH3808 spareH2550 to slayH2026 the nationsH1471 continuallyH8548?