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11 Then they sweep past like the wind and are gone,
    as they ascribe their strength to their god.”
12 “O Lord, are you not from everlasting,
    my holy God, you who are immortal?
You have marked them for judgment, O Lord;
    you, O Rock, have designated them for punishment.
13 Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil,
    and you cannot countenance wrongdoing.
Why then do you remain silent
    as you gaze on the treachery of the wicked,
watching them while they devour
    those who are more righteous?

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11 Then they sweep past like the wind(A) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(B)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(C)
    My God, my Holy One,(D) you[a] will never die.(E)
You, Lord, have appointed(F) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(G) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(H) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(I)
Why then do you tolerate(J) the treacherous?(K)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(L)

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Footnotes

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