I shout, ‘He hurt me!’\par But I get no answer.\par Even if I call loudly for help,\par no person hears my cry for fairness.\par
Habakkuk 1:2 - Easy To Read Version Lord, I continue to ask for help. When will you listen to me? I cried to you about the violence. But you did nothing! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? American Standard Version (1901) O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. Common English Bible LORD, how long will I call for help and you not listen? I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you don’t deliver us. Catholic Public Domain Version How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save? |
I shout, ‘He hurt me!’\par But I get no answer.\par Even if I call loudly for help,\par no person hears my cry for fairness.\par
God, you are the Holy One.\par You sit as King.\par The praises of Israel are your throne.\par
Lord, how long will wicked people\par have their fun?\par How much longer, Lord?\par
You seem like a man that has been attacked by surprise.\par You seem like a soldier that does not have the power to save anyone.\par But Lord, you are with us.\par We are called by your name,\par So don’t leave us without help!”\par
Even when I cry out and ask for help,\par the Lord does not listen to my prayer.\par
Then the Lord’s angel said, “Lord, how long before you comfort Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have shown your anger at these cities for 70 years now.”
These souls shouted in a loud voice, “Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?”