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1 The burden4853 which834 Habakkuk2265 the prophet5030 did see.2372

2 O LORD,3068 how5704 long5704 shall I cry,7768 and you will not hear!8085 even cry2199 out to you of violence,2555 and you will not save!3467

3 Why4100 do you show7200 me iniquity,205 and cause me to behold5027 grievance?5999 for spoiling7701 and violence2555 are before5048 me: and there are that raise5375 up strife7379 and contention.4066

4 Therefore5921 3651 the law8451 is slacked,6313 and judgment4941 does never3808 5331 go3318 forth:3318 for the wicked7563 does compass3803 about the righteous;6662 therefore5921 3651 wrong6127 judgment4941 proceeds.3318

5 Behold7200 you among the heathen,1471 and regard,5027 and wonder8539 marvelously:8539 for I will work6466 a work6467 in your days 3117which you will not believe,539 though3588 it be told5608 you.

6 For, see,2009 I raise6965 up the Chaldeans,3778 that bitter4751 and hasty4116 nation,1471 which shall march1980 through the breadth4800 of the land,776 to possess3423 the dwelling places4908 that are not their's.

7 They are terrible366 and dreadful:3372 their judgment4941 and their dignity7613 shall proceed3318 of themselves.

8 Their horses5483 also are swifter7043 than the leopards,5246 and are more fierce2300 than the evening6153 wolves:2061 and their horsemen6571 shall spread6335 themselves, and their horsemen6571 shall come935 from far;7350 they shall fly5774 as the eagle5404 that hastens2363 to eat.398

9 They shall come935 all3605 for violence:2555 their faces6440 shall sup4041 up as the east6921 wind, and they shall gather622 the captivity7628 as the sand.2344

10 And they shall scoff7046 at the kings,4428 and the princes7336 shall be a scorn4890 to them: they shall deride7832 every3605 strong4013 hold;4013 for they shall heap6651 dust,6083 and take3920 it.

11 Then227 shall his mind7307 change,2498 and he shall pass5674 over,5674 and offend,816 imputing this2098 his power3581 to his god.430

12 Are you not from everlasting,6924 O LORD3068 my God,430 my Holy6918 One?6918 we shall not die.4191 O LORD,3068 you have ordained7760 them for judgment;4941 and, O mighty6697 God,6697 you have established3245 them for correction.3198

13 You are of purer2889 eyes5869 than to behold7200 evil,7451 and can3201 not look5027 on413 iniquity:5999 why4100 look5027 you on them that deal treacherously,898 and hold2790 your tongue2790 when the wicked7563 devours1104 the man that is more righteous6662 than he?

14 And make6213 men120 as the fishes1709 of the sea,3220 as the creeping7431 things, that have no3808 ruler4910 over them?

15 They take5927 up all3605 of them with the angle,2443 they catch1641 them in their net,2764 and gather622 them in their drag:4365 therefore5921 3651 they rejoice8055 and are glad.1523

16 Therefore5921 3651 they sacrifice2076 to their net,2764 and burn6999 incense6999 to their drag;4365 because3588 by them their portion2506 is fat,8082 and their meat3978 plenteous.1277

17 Shall they therefore3651 empty7324 their net,2764 and not spare2550 continually8548 to slay2026 the nations?1471

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1 I will stand5975 on my watch,4931 and set3320 me on the tower,4692 and will watch6822 to see7200 what4100 he will say1696 to me, and what4100 I shall answer7725 when5921 I am reproved.8433

2 And the LORD3068 answered6030 me, and said,559 Write3789 the vision,2377 and make it plain874 on tables,3871 that he may run7323 that reads7121 it.

3 For the vision2377 is yet5750 for an appointed4150 time, but at the end7093 it shall speak,6315 and not lie:3576 though518 it tarry,4102 wait2442 for it; because3588 it will surely come,935 it will not tarry.309

4 Behold,2009 his soul5315 which is lifted6075 up is not upright3474 in him: but the just6662 shall live2421 by his faith.530

5 Yes637 also,637 because3588 he transgresses898 by wine,3196 he is a proud3093 man,1397 neither3808 keeps at home,5115 who834 enlarges7337 his desire5315 as hell,7585 and is as death,4194 and cannot3808 be satisfied,7646 but gathers622 to him all3605 nations,1471 and heaps6908 to him all3605 people:5971

6 Shall not all3605 these428 take5375 up a parable4912 against5921 him, and a taunting4426 proverb2420 against him, and say,559 Woe1945 to him that increases7235 that which is not his! how5704 long?5704 and to him that lades3515 himself with thick clay!5671

7 Shall they not rise6965 up suddenly6621 that shall bite5391 you, and awake6974 that shall vex2111 you, and you shall be for booties4933 to them?

8 Because3588 you have spoiled7997 many7227 nations,1471 all3605 the remnant3499 of the people5971 shall spoil7997 you; because of men's120 blood,1818 and for the violence2555 of the land,776 of the city,7151 and of all3605 that dwell3427 therein.

9 Woe1945 to him that covets1214 an evil7451 covetousness1215 to his house,1004 that he may set7760 his nest7064 on high,4791 that he may be delivered5337 from the power3709 of evil!7451

10 You have consulted3289 shame1322 to your house1004 by cutting7096 off many7227 people,5971 and have sinned2398 against your soul.5315

11 For the stone68 shall cry2199 out of the wall,7023 and the beam3714 out of the timber6086 shall answer6030 it.

12 Woe1945 to him that builds1129 a town5892 with blood,1818 and establishes3559 a city7151 by iniquity!5766

13 Behold,2009 is it not of the LORD3068 of hosts6635 that the people5971 shall labor3021 in the very1767 fire,784 and the people3816 shall weary3286 themselves for very1767 vanity?7385

14 For the earth776 shall be filled4390 with the knowledge3045 of the glory3519 of the LORD,3068 as the waters4325 cover3680 the sea.3220

15 Woe1945 to him that gives his neighbor7453 drink,8248 that put5596 your bottle2573 to him, and make him drunken7937 also,637 that you may look5027 on5921 their nakedness!4589

16 You are filled7646 with shame7036 for glory:3519 drink8354 you also,1571 and let your foreskin6188 be uncovered: the cup3563 of the LORD's3068 right3225 hand3225 shall be turned5437 to you, and shameful7022 spewing7022 shall be on5921 your glory.3519

17 For the violence2555 of Lebanon3844 shall cover3680 you, and the spoil7701 of beasts,929 which made them afraid,2865 because of men's120 blood,1818 and for the violence2555 of the land,776 of the city,7151 and of all3605 that dwell3427 therein.

18 What4100 profits3276 the graven6459 image6755 that the maker3335 thereof has graven6458 it; the molten4541 image,6755 and a teacher3384 of lies,8267 that the maker3335 of his work3336 trusts982 therein,5921 to make6213 dumb483 idols?457

19 Woe1945 to him that said559 to the wood,6086 Awake;6974 to the dumb1748 stone,68 Arise,5782 it shall teach!3384 Behold,2009 it is laid8610 over with gold2091 and silver,3701 and there is no369 breath7307 at all3605 in the middle7130 of it.

20 But the LORD3068 is in his holy6944 temple:1964 let all3605 the earth776 keep silence2013 before6440 him.

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1 A prayer8605 of Habakkuk2265 the prophet5030 on Shigionoth.7692

2 O LORD,3068 I have heard8085 your speech,8088 and was afraid:3372 O LORD,3068 revive2421 your work6467 in the middle7130 of the years,8141 in the middle7130 of the years8141 make known;3045 in wrath7267 remember2142 mercy.7355

3 God433 came935 from Teman,8487 and the Holy6918 One6918 from mount2022 Paran.6290 Selah.5542 His glory1935 covered3680 the heavens,8064 and the earth776 was full4390 of his praise.8416

4 And his brightness5051 was as the light;216 he had1961 horns7161 coming out of his hand:3027 and there8033 was the hiding2253 of his power.5797

5 Before6440 him went3212 the pestilence,1698 and burning7565 coals7565 went3318 forth3318 at his feet.7272

6 He stood,5975 and measured4128 the earth:776 he beheld,7200 and drove5425 asunder the nations;1471 and the everlasting5703 mountains2042 were scattered,6327 the perpetual5769 hills1389 did bow:7817 his ways1979 are everlasting.5769

7 I saw7200 the tents168 of Cushan3572 in affliction:205 and the curtains3407 of the land776 of Midian4080 did tremble.7264

8 Was the LORD3068 displeased2734 against the rivers?5104 was your anger639 against the rivers?5104 was your wrath5678 against the sea,3220 that you did ride7392 on your horses5483 and your chariots4818 of salvation?3444

9 Your bow7198 was made quite6181 naked,5783 according to the oaths7621 of the tribes,4294 even your word.562 Selah.5542 You did split1234 the earth776 with rivers.5104

10 The mountains2022 saw7200 you, and they trembled:2342 the overflowing2230 of the water4325 passed5674 by: the deep8415 uttered5414 his voice,6963 and lifted5375 up his hands3027 on high.7315

11 The sun8121 and moon3394 stood5975 still in their habitation:2073 at the light216 of your arrows2671 they went,1980 and at the shining5051 of your glittering1300 spear.2595

12 You did march6805 through the land776 in indignation,2195 you did thresh1758 the heathen1471 in anger.639

13 You went3318 forth3318 for the salvation3468 of your people,5971 even for salvation3468 with your anointed;4899 you wounded4272 the head7218 out of the house1004 of the wicked,7563 by discovering6168 the foundation3247 to the neck.6676 Selah.5542

14 You did strike5344 through with his staves4294 the head7218 of his villages:6518 they came out as a whirlwind5590 to scatter6327 me: their rejoicing5951 was as to devour398 the poor6041 secretly.4565

15 You did walk1869 through the sea3220 with your horses,5483 through the heap2563 of great7227 waters.4325

16 When I heard,8085 my belly990 trembled;7264 my lips8193 quivered6750 at the voice:6963 rottenness7538 entered935 into my bones,6106 and I trembled7264 in myself, that I might rest5117 in the day3117 of trouble:6869 when he comes5927 up to the people,5971 he will invade1464 them with his troops.

17 Although272 the fig8384 tree shall not blossom,6524 neither369 shall fruit2981 be in the vines;1612 the labor4639 of the olive2132 shall fail,3584 and the fields7709 shall yield6213 no3808 meat;400 the flock6629 shall be cut1504 off from the fold,4356 and there shall be no3808 herd1241 in the stalls:7517

18 Yet I will rejoice5937 in the LORD,3068 I will joy1523 in the God430 of my salvation.3468

19 The LORD3068 God136 is my strength,2428 and he will make7760 my feet7272 like hinds'355 feet,7272 and he will make me to walk1869 on my high1116 places. To the chief5329 singer5329 on my stringed5058 instruments.