1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:

2 Till when, O JEHOVAH, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — ‘Violence,’ and Thou dost not save.

3 Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are] before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift [itself] up,