“When God Seems Silent”

Habakkuk 1:1-4 (ESV)

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 

2  O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, 

and you will not hear? 

Or cry to you “Violence!” 

and you will not save? 

3  Why do you make me see iniquity, 

and why do you idly look at wrong? 

Destruction and violence are before me; 

strife and contention arise. 

4  So the law is paralyzed, 

and justice never goes forth. 

For the wicked surround the righteous; 

so justice goes forth perverted. 

 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Hab 1:1–4.