1The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.2How long, O LORD, will I cry and you not hear? I cry out to you of violence, yet you do not save.3Why do you make me see evil and trouble? You look upon violence and violence before me, and strife arises and strife he raises.4Therefore instruction grows numb and justice never comes forth, because the wicked surrounds the righteous; therefore justice comes forth twisted.