10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.(A)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps(B) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(C) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(D)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(E)
    My God, my Holy One,(F) you[a] will never die.(G)
You, Lord, have appointed(H) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(I) have ordained them to punish.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we

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