Habakkuk 1:2

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!

O LORD {H3068}, how long shall I cry {H7768}, and thou wilt not hear {H8085}! even cry out {H2199} unto thee of violence {H2555}, and thou wilt not save {H3467}!

ADONAI, how long must I cry without your hearing? "Violence!" I cry to you, but you don't save.

How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 22:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

  • Psalms 22:2 (7 votes)

    O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

  • Jeremiah 14:9 (6 votes)

    Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

  • Lamentations 3:8 (6 votes)

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Psalms 13:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Psalms 13:2 (6 votes)

    How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Psalms 94:3 (3 votes)

    LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?