| 1:2 |
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear!? evenI cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!. |
| 1:3 |
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and causelook meupon to behold grievanceperverseness? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there areis that raise up strife, and contention riseth up. |
| 1:4 |
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgmentjudgement doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrongjudgement judgmentgoeth proceedethforth perverted. |
| 1:5 |
Behold ye among the heathennations, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. |
| 1:6 |
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,; which shall march through the breadth of the landearth, to possess thedwelling dwellingplacesplaces that are not theirs. |
| 1:7 |
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgmentjudgement and their dignity shall proceed offrom themselves. |
| 1:8 |
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves:; and their horsemen shall spread themselves: yea, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as thean eagle that hasteth to eatdevour. |
| 1:9 |
They shall come all of them for violence:; their faces shallare supset upeagerly as the east wind,; and they shall gather thecaptives captivity as the sand. |
| 1:10 |
AndYea, theyhe shallscoffeth scoff at the kings, and the princes shallare be a scornderision unto themhim: theyhe shallderideth deride every strong hold; for theyhe shallheapeth heapup dust, and taketaketh it. |
| 1:11 |
Then shall hishe mindsweep changeby as a wind, and he shall pass over, and offend,be imputingguilty: thiseven hishe powerwhose untomight is his god. |
| 1:12 |
Art not thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained themhim for judgmentjudgement; and thou, O mighty GodRock, thou hast established themhim for correction. |
| 1:13 |
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on iniquity:perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tonguepeace when the wicked devourethswalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he?; |
| 1:14 |
Andand makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
| 1:15 |
TheyHe taketaketh up all of them with the angle, theyhe catchcatcheth them in theirhis net, and gathergathereth them in theirhis drag: therefore theyhe rejoicerejoiceth and areis glad. |
| 1:16 |
Therefore theyhe sacrificesacrificeth unto theirhis net, and burnburneth incense unto theirhis drag; because by them theirhis portion is fat, and theirhis meat plenteous. |
| 1:17 |
Shall theyhe therefore empty theirhis net, and not spare continually to slay the nations continually? |
| 2:1 |
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watchlook forth to see what he will sayspeak untowith me, and what I shall answer whenconcerning Imy am reprovedcomplaint. |
| 2:3 |
For the vision is yet for anthe appointed time, butand atit hasteth toward the end, itand shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarrydelay. |
| 2:4 |
Behold, his soul which is liftedpuffed up, it is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. |
| 2:5 |
Yea, alsomoreover, becausewine heis transgressetha bytreacherous winedealer, he is a proudhaughty man, neitherand that keepeth not at home,; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:peoples. |
| 2:6 |
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick claypledges! |
| 2:8 |
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoplepeoples shall spoil thee; because of mens blood, and for the violence ofdone to the land, ofto the city, and ofto all that dwell therein. |
| 2:9 |
Woe to him that covetethgetteth an evil covetousnessgain tofor his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the powerhand of evil! |
| 2:10 |
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoplepeoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. |
| 2:13 |
Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the peoplepeoples shall labour infor the very fire, and the peoplenations shall weary themselves for very vanity? |
| 2:15 |
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttestaddest thy bottlevenom to himthereto, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! |
| 2:16 |
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and letbe thyas foreskinone be uncovereduncircumcised: the cup of the LordsLordS right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shamefulfoul spewingshame shall be onupon thy glory. |
| 2:17 |
For the violence ofdone to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoildestruction of the beasts, which made them afraid,; because of mens blood, and for the violence ofdone to the land, ofto the city, and ofto all that dwell therein. |
| 2:18 |
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and athe teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? |
| 2:19 |
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise,! itShall shallthis teach!? Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. |
| 3:1 |
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, uponset to Shigionoth. |
| 3:2 |
O Lord, I have heard thythe speechreport of thee, and wasam afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, inIn the midst of the years make it known; inIn wrath remember mercy. |
| 3:3 |
God came from Teman, andAnd the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. |
| 3:4 |
And his brightness was as the light; heHe had hornsrays coming outforth offrom his hand: andAnd there was the hiding of his power. |
| 3:5 |
Before him went the pestilence, and burningfiery coalsbolts went forth at his feet. |
| 3:6 |
He stood, and measured the earth:; heHe beheld, and drove asunder the nations;: andAnd the everlastingeternal mountains were scattered, theThe perpetualeverlasting hills did bow:; hisHis waysgoings arewere everlastingas of old. |
| 3:7 |
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: andThe the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. |
| 3:8 |
Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? wasWas thine anger against the rivers?, wasOr thy wrath against the sea, thatThat thou didst ride upon thine horses, andUpon thy chariots of salvation? |
| 3:9 |
Thy bow was made quite naked,bare; accordingThe to the oaths ofto the tribes, evenwere thya sure word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. |
| 3:10 |
The mountains saw thee, and theywere trembled:afraid; theThe overflowingtempest of thewaters water passed by: theThe deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. |
| 3:11 |
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:; atAt the light of thine arrows as they went, andAt at the shining of thy glittering spear. |
| 3:12 |
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thouThou didst thresh the heathennations in anger. |
| 3:13 |
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, evenFor forthe salvation withof thine anointed; thouThou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, byLaying discoveringbare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah. |
| 3:14 |
Thou didst strikepierce through with his own staves the head of his villageswarriors: theyThey came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: theirTheir rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. |
| 3:15 |
Thou didst walktread through the sea with thine horses, throughThe the heap of greatmighty waters. |
| 3:16 |
When I heard, and my belly trembled;, myMy lips quivered at the voice:; rottennessRottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself,my thatplace: That I mightshould rest in the day of trouble:, whenWhen heit cometh up untoagainst the people, hewhich willinvadeth invadehim themin with his troops. |
| 3:17 |
AlthoughFor though the fig tree shall not blossom, neitherNeither shall fruit be in the vines; theThe labour of the olive shall fail, andAnd the fields shall yield no meat; theThe flock shall be cut off from the fold, andAnd there shall be no herd in the stalls: |
| 3:19 |
TheJehovah the Lord, God is my strength, andAnd he willmaketh make my feet like hinds feet, andAnd he will make me to walk upon mine high places. ToFor the chiefChief singerMusician, on my stringed instruments. |