Habakkuk 1:12-14

Complete Jewish Bible

¹² Adonai, haven’t you existed forever?
My God, my holy one, we will not die.
Adonai, you appointed them to execute judgment.
Rock, you commissioned them to correct us.
¹³ Your eyes are too pure to see evil,
you cannot countenance oppression.
So why do you countenance traitors?
Why are you silent when evil people
swallow up those more righteous than they?
¹⁴ You make people like fish in the sea,
like reptiles that have no ruler.