Habakkuk 1:3-5

Modern English Version

³ Why do You make me see wickedness,
    and cause me to see trouble?
Plundering and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
⁴ Therefore the law is powerless,
    and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
    therefore injustice proceeds.

⁵ Look among the nations, and watch—
    wonder and be amazed!
For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe,
    though it were told you.