Habakkuk 2:1-5

New Living Translation

2 I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the Lord says
and how he^[a] will answer my complaint.

The Lord’s Second Reply

²Then the Lord said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
    so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
³This vision is for a future time.
    It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
    for it will surely take place.
    It will not be delayed.

⁴“Look at the proud!
    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.^[b]
⁵Wealth^[c] is treacherous,
    and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,^[d]
    and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
    and swallowed many peoples.

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Footnotes

2:1 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads I.
2:3b-4 Greek version reads If the vision is delayed, wait patiently, / for it will surely come and not delay. / ⁴I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away. / But the righteous person will live by my faith. Compare Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:37-38.
2:5a As in Dead Sea Scroll 1QpHab; other Hebrew manuscripts read Wine.
2:5b Hebrew as Sheol.

Habakkuk 3:17-19

New Living Translation

¹⁷Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
    and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
    and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
    and the cattle barns are empty,
¹⁸yet I will rejoice in the Lord!
    I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
¹⁹The Sovereign Lord is my strength!
    He makes me as surefooted as a deer,^[a]
    able to tread upon the heights.