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11 Then a wind sweeps through and passes on.
He is guilty—This, his strength, is his god.”

Appeal for Justice on Chaldea

12 Are not You from antiquity—
Adonai my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
Adonai, You have ordained him for judgment—
    as You, O Rock, have established him to chasten.
13 With eyes too pure to see evil
You cannot look at such trouble!
Why do You look at the treacherous?
Why do You remain silent when a wicked one
    swallows up those more righteous than him?

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11 Then they sweep past like the wind(A) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(B)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(C)
    My God, my Holy One,(D) you[a] will never die.(E)
You, Lord, have appointed(F) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(G) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(H) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(I)
Why then do you tolerate(J) the treacherous?(K)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we