10 How long, God, will the enemy (A)taunt You?
Shall the enemy (B)treat Your name disrespectfully forever?

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10 How long(A) will the enemy mock(B) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(C) your name forever?

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How long is the (A)land to mourn,
And the (B)vegetation of the [a]countryside to dry up?
Due to the (C)wickedness of those who live in it,
(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because people have said, “He will not see our final (E)end.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:4 Lit whole field

How long will the land lie parched(A)
    and the grass in every field be withered?(B)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.(C)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”

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(A)How long, Lord, have I called for help,
And You do not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do (B)not save.

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Habakkuk’s Complaint

How long,(A) Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?(B)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?(C)

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