GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:35urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:35The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see . Jehovah , how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear ? I cry out unto thee , Violence ! and thou dost not save . Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity , and lookest thou upon grievance ? For spoiling and violence are before me ; and there is strife , and contention riseth up . Therefore the law is powerless , and justice doth never go forth ; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous ; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted . See ye among the nations , and behold , and wonder marvellously ; for [ I ] work a work in your days , which ye will not believe , though it be declared [ to you ] . For behold , I raise up the Chaldeans , that bitter and impetuous nation , which marcheth through the breadth of the earth , to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs . They are terrible and dreadful : their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves . And their horses are swifter than the leopards , and are more agile than the evening wolves ; and their horsemen prance proudly , and their horsemen come from afar : they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour . They come all of them for violence : the crowd of their faces is forwards , and they gather captives as the sand . Yea , he scoffeth at kings , and princes are a scorn unto him ; he derideth every stronghold : for he heapeth up dust , and taketh it . Then will his mind change , and he will pass on , and become guilty : this his power is become his god . -- Art thou not from everlasting , Jehovah my God , my Holy One ? We shall not die . Jehovah , thou hast ordained him for judgment ; and thou , O Rock , hast appointed him for correction . [ Thou art ] of purer eyes than to behold evil , and canst not look on mischief : wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously , [ and ] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [ man ] more righteous than he ? And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea , as the creeping things , that have no ruler over them . He taketh up all of them with the hook , he catcheth them in his net , and gathereth them into his drag ; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad : therefore he sacrificeth unto his net , and burneth incense unto his drag ; for by them his portion is become fat , and his meat dainty . Shall he therefore empty his net , and not spare to slay the nations continually ? I will stand upon my watch , and set me upon the tower , and will look forth to see what he will say unto me , and what I shall answer as to my reproof . And Jehovah answered me and said , Write the vision , and engrave it upon tablets , that he may run that readeth it . For the vision is yet for an appointed time , but it hasteth to the end , and shall not lie : though it tarry , wait for it ; for it will surely come , it will not delay . Behold , his soul is puffed up , it is not upright within him : but the just shall live by his faith . And moreover , the wine is treacherous : he is a proud man , and keepeth not at rest , he enlargeth his desire as Sheol , and he is like death and cannot be satisfied ; and he assembleth unto him all nations , and gathereth unto him all peoples . Shall not all these take up a proverb about him , and a taunting riddle against him , and say , Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his ! how long ? -- and to him that loadeth himself with pledges ! Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee , and they awake up that shall vex thee , and thou shalt be for booties unto them ? Because thou hast plundered many nations , all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee ; because of men's blood , and for the violence [ done ] to the land , to the city , and all that dwell therein . Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house , that he may set his nest on high , that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil ! Thou hast devised shame to thy house , by cutting off many peoples , and hast sinned against thine own soul . For the stone shall cry out of the wall , and the beam out of the timber shall answer it . Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood , and establisheth a city by unrighteousness ! Behold , is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire , and the nations weary themselves in vain ? For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea . Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink , -- that pourest out thy flask , and makest [ him ] drunken also , that thou mayest look on their nakedness ! Thou art filled with shame instead of glory ; drink thou also , and let thy foreskin be uncovered : the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee , and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory . For the violence [ done ] to Lebanon shall cover thee , and the destruction of beasts which made them afraid ; because of men's blood , and for the violence [ done ] to the land , to the city , and all that dwell therein . What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it ? the molten image , and the teacher of falsehood , that the maker of his work dependeth thereon , to make dumb idols ? Woe unto him that saith to the wood , Awake ! to the dumb stone , Arise ! Shall it teach ? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver , and there is no breath at all in the midst of it . But Jehovah is in his holy temple . Let all the earth keep silence before him ! A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth . Jehovah , I heard the report of thee , [ and ] I feared . Jehovah , revive thy work in the midst of the years , In the midst of the years make [ it ] known : In wrath remember mercy ! God came from Teman , And the Holy One from mount Paran . Selah . His glory covereth the heavens , And the earth is full of his praise . And [ his ] brightness was as the light ; Rays [ came forth ] from his hand ; And there was the hiding of his power . Before him went the pestilence , And a burning flame went forth at his feet . He stood , and measured the earth ; He beheld , and discomfited the nations ; And the eternal mountains were scattered , The everlasting hills gave way : His ways are everlasting . I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction ; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble . Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers ? Was thine anger against the rivers ? Was thy rage against the sea , That thou didst ride upon thy horses , Thy chariots of salvation ? Thy bow was made naked , The rods [ of discipline ] sworn according to [ thy ] word . Selah . Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers . The mountains saw thee , they were in travail : Torrents of waters passed by ; The deep uttered its voice , Lifted up its hands on high . The sun [ and ] moon stood still in their habitation , At the light of thine arrows which shot forth , -- At the shining of thy glittering spear . Thou didst march through the land in indignation , Thou didst thresh the nations in anger . Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people , For the salvation of thine anointed ; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked , Laying bare the foundation even to the neck . Selah . Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders : They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me , Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly . Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses , The heap of great waters . I heard , and my belly trembled ; My lips quivered at the voice ; Rottenness entered into my bones , and I trembled in my place , That I might rest in the day of distress , When their invader shall come up against the people . For though the fig-tree shall not blossom , Neither shall fruit be in the vines ; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail , And the fields shall yield no food ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold , And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah , I will joy in the God of my salvation . Jehovah , the Lord , is my strength , And he maketh my feet like hinds' [ feet ] , And he will make me to walk upon my high places . To the chief Musician . On my stringed instruments .