1	The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see# .
			2	O LORD, how long shall I cry# , and thou wilt not hear# ! even cry out# unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save# !
			3	Why dost thou shew# me iniquity, and cause me to behold# grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up# strife and contention.
			4	Therefore the law is slacked# , and judgment doth never go forth# : for the wicked doth compass# about the righteous; therefore wrong# judgment proceedeth# . [wrong: or, wrested]
			5	Behold# ye among the heathen, and regard# , and wonder# marvellously# : for I will 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 shall march# through the breadth of the land, to possess# the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. [breadth: Heb. breadths]
			7	They are terrible and dreadful# : their judgment and their dignity shall proceed# of themselves. [their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these]
			8	Their horses also are swifter# than the leopards, and are more fierce# than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread# themselves, and their horsemen shall come# from far; they shall fly# as the eagle that hasteth# to eat# . [fierce: Heb. sharp]
			9	They shall come# all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather# the captivity as the sand. [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 scoff# at the kings, and the princes# shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride# every strong hold; for they shall heap# dust, and take# it.
			11	Then shall his mind change# , and he shall pass over# , and offend# , imputing this his power unto his god.
			12	Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die# . O LORD, thou hast ordained# them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established# them for correction# . [mighty...: Heb. rock] [established: Heb. founded]
			13	Thou art of purer eyes than to behold# evil, and canst# not look# on iniquity: wherefore lookest# thou upon them that deal treacherously# , and holdest thy tongue# when the wicked devoureth# the man that is more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
			14	And makest# men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler# over them? [creeping: or, moving]
			15	They take up# all of them with the angle, they catch# them in their net, and gather# them in their drag: therefore they rejoice# and are glad# . [drag: or, flue net]
			16	Therefore they sacrifice# unto their net, and burn incense# unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. [plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat]
			17	Shall they therefore empty# their net, and not spare# continually to slay# the nations?