1. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2. O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
3. Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
4. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
5. Behold ye among the nations, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
6. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation; which march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.