Habakkuk 1:3-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ Why do You make me ^(A)see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, ^(B)destruction and violence are before me;
^(C)Strife exists and contention arises.
⁴ Therefore the ^(D)law is ^[a]ignored
And justice ^[b]is never upheld.
For the wicked ^(E)surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out ^(F)perverted.