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Habakkuk 1:12-2:1
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Yahweh Has Placed Them to Judge

12 Are You not from (A)everlasting,
O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O Yahweh, have (B)placed them to judge;
And You, O (C)Rock, have established them to reprove.
13 Your eyes are too (D)pure to see evil,
And You cannot look on trouble.
Why do You (E)look
On those who deal (F)treacherously?
Why are You (G)silent when the wicked (H)swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
14 And You have made men like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them.
15 The Chaldeans (I)bring all of them up with a hook,
(J)Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they are glad and rejoice.
16 Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And [a]burn incense to their fishing net
Because through (K)these things their portion is rich
And their food is fat.
17 Will they therefore empty their (L)net
And continually (M)kill nations without sparing?

The Righteous Will Live by His Faith

2 I will (N)stand on my guard post
And station myself on the fortification;
And I will (O)keep watch to see (P)what He will speak to me
And how I may respond [b]when I am reproved.

Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:16 Or sacrifice
  2. Habakkuk 2:1 Lit upon my reproof
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Habakkuk 1:12-2:1
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Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(A)
    My God, my Holy One,(B) you[a] will never die.(C)
You, Lord, have appointed(D) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(E) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(F) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(G)
Why then do you tolerate(H) the treacherous?(I)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(J)
14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
    like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked(K) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(L)
    he catches them in his net,(M)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
    and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
    and burns incense(N) to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
    and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
    destroying nations without mercy?(O)

2 I will stand at my watch(P)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(Q)
I will look to see what he will say(R) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[b](S)

Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
  2. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
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