Habakkuk 1:13-2:4

English Standard Version

¹³You who are ^(A)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
^(B)why do you idly look at traitors
    and ^(C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?
¹⁴You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
    like crawling things that have no ruler.
¹⁵^(D)He^[a] brings all of them up ^(E)with a hook;
    he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
    so he rejoices and is glad.
¹⁶^(F)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
    and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,^[b]
    and his food is rich.
¹⁷Is he then to keep on emptying his net
    ^(G)and mercilessly killing nations forever?

2 I will ^(H)take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and ^(I)look out to see ^(J)what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith

²And the Lord answered me:

^(K)“Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
³For still ^(L)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^(M)wait for it;
    ^(N)it will surely come; it will not delay.