1
The
burden
which
Habakkuk
the
prophet
did
see.
2
O
LORD,
how
long
shall
I
cry,
and
thou
wilt
not
hear!
[even]
cry
out
unto
thee
[of]
violence,
and
thou
wilt
not
save!
3
Why
dost
thou
shew
me
iniquity,
and
cause
[me]
to
behold
grievance?
for
spoiling
and
violence
[are]
before
me:
and
there
are
[that]
raise
up
strife
and
contention.
4
Therefore
the
law
is
slacked,
and
judgment
doth
never
go
forth:
for
the
wicked
doth
compass
about
the
righteous;
therefore
wrong
judgment
proceedeth.
5
Behold
ye
among
the
heathen,
and
regard,
and
wonder
marvellously:
for
[I]
will
work
a
work
in
your
days,
[which]
ye
will
not
believe,
though
it
be
told
[you].
6
For,
lo,
I
raise
up
the
Chaldeans,
[that]
bitter
and
hasty
nation,
which
shall
march
through
the
breadth
of
the
land,
to
possess
the
dwellingplaces
[that
are]
not
theirs.
7
They
[are]
terrible
and
dreadful:
their
judgment
and
their
dignity
shall
proceed
of
themselves.
8
Their
horses
also
are
swifter
than
the
leopards,
and
are
more
fierce
than
the
evening
wolves:
and
their
horsemen
shall
spread
themselves,
and
their
horsemen
shall
come
from
far;
they
shall
fly
as
the
eagle
[that]
hasteth
to
eat.
9
They
shall
come
all
for
violence:
their
faces
shall
sup
up
[as]
the
east
wind,
and
they
shall
gather
the
captivity
as
the
sand.
10
And
they
shall
scoff
at
the
kings,
and
the
princes
shall
be
a
scorn
unto
them:
they
shall
deride
every
strong
hold;
for
they
shall
heap
dust,
and
take
11
Then
shall
[his]
mind
change,
and
he
shall
pass
over,
and
offend,
[imputing]
this
his
power
unto
his
god.
12
[Art]
thou
not
from
everlasting,
O
LORD
my
God,
mine
Holy
One?
we
shall
not
die.
O
LORD,
thou
hast
ordained
them
for
judgment;
and,
O
mighty
God,
thou
hast
established
them
for
correction.
13
[Thou
art]
of
purer
eyes
than
to
behold
evil,
and
canst
not
look
on
iniquity:
wherefore
lookest
thou
upon
them
that
deal
treacherously,
[and]
holdest
thy
tongue
when
the
wicked
devoureth
[the
man
that
is]
more
righteous
than
14
And
makest
men
as
the
fishes
of
the
sea,
as
the
creeping
things,
[that
have]
no
ruler
over
them?
15
They
take
up
all
of
them
with
the
angle,
they
catch
them
in
their
net,
and
gather
them
in
their
drag:
therefore
they
rejoice
and
are
glad.
16
Therefore
they
sacrifice
unto
their
net,
and
burn
incense
unto
their
drag;
because
by
them
their
portion
[is]
fat,
and
their
meat
plenteous.
17
Shall
they
therefore
empty
their
net,
and
not
spare
continually
to
slay
the
nations?