Habakkuk 1:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³Why dost thou make me see wrongs
    and look upon trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
⁴So the law is slacked
    and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous,
    so justice goes forth perverted.

⁵Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.

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