ABP - Habakkuk - 1

1:1  The concern which [4saw 1Habakkuk 2the 3prophet].

1:2  For how long, O lord, shall I cry out, and in no way should you listen? For how long shall I yell to you being wronged, and you should not deliver?

1:3  Why did you show to me toils and troubles, to look upon misery and impiety? Right opposite me takes place judgment, and the judge takes away.

1:4  On account of this [2is effaced 1the law], and [2is not 3administered 4unto 5the end 1judgment], for the impious tyrannize over the just. Because of this [2shall go forth 1judgment] being perverted.

1:5  Behold, O despisers, and look! and wonder wonders, and vanish! For [3a work 1I 2work] in your days which in no way you shall believe if any should tell of it in detail.

1:6  For behold, I awaken the Chaldeans, the [4nation 1bitter 2and 3quick]; the one going upon the widths of the earth, to inherit tents not of his.

1:7  [2fearful 3and 4apparent 1He is]; [3of 4himself 1his judgment 2will be], and his concern of himself shall come forth.

1:8  And [2shall leap 3more than 4leopards 1his horses], and are sharper than the wolves of Arabia. And [2shall ride forth 1his horsemen], and shall advance far off; and they shall spread out as an eagle eager for something to eat.

1:9  Consumption [2unto 3the impious 1shall come] opposing their fronts right opposite, and he shall gather [2as 3the sand 1the captivity].

1:10  And he [2among 3kings 1shall revel], and sovereigns are his playthings. And he [2at 3every 4fortress 1shall mock], and shall throw up an embankment, and shall prevail over it.

1:11  Then he shall turn the spirit, and shall go through, and shall make atonement, saying, This strength is to my god.

1:12  Are you not from the beginning, O lord my God, my holy one? In no way should we die. O lord, for judgment -- you have ordered it. And he shaped me to reprove for his discipline.

1:13  Pure is the eye to not see evil things, and [2to look 3upon 4evils 1you are not able]. Why should you look upon ones disdaining? Shall you remain silent in the [2swallowing down 1impious] the just?

1:14  And will you make the men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles not having one taking the lead?

1:15  [2consumption 3with 4a hook 1He pulled up], and drew it with his casting-net, and gathered it in his dragnets. Because of this he shall be glad and shall rejoice.

1:16  Because of this he will sacrifice to his dragnet, and burn incense to his casting-net; for by them he fattened his portion, even [3foods 1his 2choice].

1:17  On account of this he will cast his casting-net, and always to kill nations -- not sparing?