1	The burden4853 which Habakkuk2265 the prophet5030 did see2372 8804 .
			2	O LORD3068 , how long shall I cry7768 8765 , and thou wilt not hear8085 8799 ! even cry out2199 8799 unto thee of violence2555 , and thou wilt not save3467 8686 !
			3	Why dost thou shew7200 8686 me iniquity205 , and cause me to behold5027 8686 grievance5999 ? for spoiling7701 and violence2555 are before me: and there are that raise up5375 8799 strife7379 and contention4066 .
			4	Therefore the law8451 is slacked6313 8799 , and judgment4941 doth never5331 go forth3318 8799 : for the wicked7563 doth compass3803 8688 about the righteous6662 ; therefore wrong6127 8794 judgment4941 proceedeth3318 8799 . [wrong: or, wrested]
			5	Behold7200 8798 ye among the heathen1471 , and regard5027 8685 , and wonder8539 8690 marvellously8539 8798 : for I will work6466 8802 a work6467 in your days3117 , which ye will not believe539 8686 , though it be told5608 8792 you .
			6	For, lo, I raise up6965 8688 the Chaldeans3778 , that bitter4751 and hasty4116 8737 nation1471 , which shall march1980 8802 through the breadth4800 of the land776 , to possess3423 8800 the dwellingplaces4908 that are not theirs. [breadth: Heb. breadths]
			7	They are terrible366 and dreadful3372 8737 : their judgment4941 and their dignity7613 shall proceed3318 8799 of themselves. [their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these]
			8	Their horses5483 also are swifter7043 8804 than the leopards5246 , and are more fierce2300 8804 than the evening6153 wolves2061 : and their horsemen6571 shall spread6335 8804 themselves, and their horsemen6571 shall come935 8799 from far7350 ; they shall fly5774 8799 as the eagle5404 that hasteth2363 8804 to eat398 8800 . [fierce: Heb. sharp]
			9	They shall come935 8799 all for violence2555 : their faces6440 shall sup up4041 as the east wind6921 , and they shall gather622 8799 the captivity7628 as the sand2344 . [their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east]
			10	And they shall scoff7046 8691 at the kings4428 , and the princes7336 8802 shall be a scorn4890 unto them: they shall deride7832 8799 every strong hold4013 ; for they shall heap6651 8799 dust6083 , and take3920 8799 it.
			11	Then shall his mind7307 change2498 8804 , and he shall pass over5674 8799 , and offend816 8804 , imputing this2098 his power3581 unto his god433 .
			12	Art thou not from everlasting6924 , O LORD3068 my God430 , mine Holy One6918 ? we shall not die4191 8799 . O LORD3068 , thou hast ordained7760 8804 them for judgment4941 ; and, O mighty God6697 , thou hast established3245 8804 them for correction3198 8687 . [mighty...: Heb. rock] [established: Heb. founded]
			13	Thou art of purer2889 eyes5869 than to behold7200 8800 evil7451 , and canst3201 8799 not look5027 8687 on iniquity5999 : wherefore lookest5027 8686 thou upon them that deal treacherously898 8802 , and holdest thy tongue2790 8686 when the wicked7563 devoureth1104 8763 the man that is more righteous6662 than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
			14	And makest6213 8799 men120 as the fishes1709 of the sea3220 , as the creeping things7431 , that have no ruler4910 8802 over them? [creeping: or, moving]
			15	They take up5927 8689 all of them with the angle2443 , they catch1641 8799 them in their net2764 , and gather622 8799 them in their drag4365 : therefore they rejoice8055 8799 and are glad1523 8799 . [drag: or, flue net]
			16	Therefore they sacrifice2076 8762 unto their net2764 , and burn incense6999 8762 unto their drag4365 ; because by them1992 their portion2506 is fat8082 , and their meat3978 plenteous1277 . [plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat]
			17	Shall they therefore empty7324 8686 their net2764 , and not spare2550 8799 continually8548 to slay2026 8800 the nations1471 ?