10 They mock(A) kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh(B) at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture(C) it.
11 Then they sweep(D) by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty;[a] their strength is their god.

Habakkuk’s Second Prayer

12 Are you not from eternity, Lord my God?(E)
My Holy One,(F) you[b] will not die.
Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock,(G) you destined them to punish us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Or wind, and transgress and incur guilt
  2. 1:12 Alt Hb tradition reads we

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