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,