Habakkuk 1:3-4

English Standard Version

^3 (A)Why do you make me see iniquity,
    and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction ^(B)and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
^4 (C)So the law is paralyzed,
    and justice never goes forth.
^(D)For the wicked surround the righteous;
    so justice goes forth perverted.