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\q1 I see people destroying things and acting violently; they fight and quarrel everywhere.
\q1
\v 4 No one obeys the law of Moses, and no one acts in a right way for very long.
\q1 Wicked people always defeat the righteous people in the courts,
\q1 Wicked people always defeat the righteous people in the courts
\q2 because judges never make fair decisions."
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\s2 Yahweh replied to me
\q1
\v 5 "This is happening, but look around at what is happening in the other nations.
\q2 If you look, you will be amazed, and even astonished, since I am doing something
\q1 during this time that you would never have believed would happen,
\q2 If you look, you will be amazed and even astonished, since I am doing something
\q1 during this time that you would never have believed would happen
\q2 even if someone told you about it.
\q1
\v 6 Very soon I will bring the soldiers of Babylonia, who are fierce and swift.
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\q2 and conquer many other countries.
\q1
\v 7 They are a people whom others fear very much,
\q2 and they do whatever they want to,
\q2 and they do whatever they want to
\q2 because they believe that they are very great and that they have the right to judge everyone else.
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\q1
\v 9 As they ride along,
\q2 they are determined to act violently.
\q1 They advance eagerly, as fast as the wind over the desert,
\q1 They advance eagerly—as fast as the wind over the desert—
\q2 and gather up as many prisoners as there are grains of sand!
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\q1
\v 11 They rush past like the wind,
\q2 and then they go to attack other cities.
\q1 But they are very guilty,
\q1 But they are very guilty
\q2 because they think that their own power is their god!"
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\v 12 Then I said, "Yahweh, are you not the eternal God?
\q2 You are my Holy One, so we will not die.
\q1 So why have you sent those men from Babylonia to judge us and kill us?
\q2 You are like our Rock, on top of which we can hide,
\q2 You are like our Rock on top of which we can hide,
\q2 so why have you sent them to punish us?
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\v 13 You are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil,
\q2 so why are you ignoring men who are treacherous?
\q1 Why do you do nothing
\q2 to punish those wicked men from Babylonia,
\q2 to punish those wicked men from Babylonia
\q2 who destroy people who are more righteous than they are?
\q1
\v 14 They treat us like fish in the sea,
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\q1
\v 1 After I said that, I said to myself, "I will climb up into my guard post,
\v 1 After I said that, I said to myself, "I will climb up into my guard post
\q2 and stand there in my watchtower.
\q1 I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say,
\q2 what he will reply and how I should answer."
\q2 what he will reply, and how I should answer."
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\v 5 If people live for excess such as wine, they will deceive themselves,
\q2 and proud people are never able to rest.
\q1 Greedy people open their mouths as wide as the place where dead people are,
\q1 and they never have enough,
\q2 just like the place of the dead never has enough dead people.
\q1 The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves,
\q2 and capture all their people.
\q1 and they never have enough
\q2 just as the place of the dead never has enough dead people.
\q1 The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves
\q2 and capture all of their people.
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\q1
\v 6 But soon all those whom they have captured will ridicule the soldiers from Babylonia!
\q1 They will make fun of them, saying,
\q2 'Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things from other countries!
\q1 You got many things by forcing people to give them to you.
\q2 But you certainly will not keep those things for long!'
\q1 You got many things by forcing people to give them to you,
\q2 but you certainly will not keep those things for long!'
\q1
\v 7 Suddenly those whom you forced to be unjustly indebted to you will rise up
\q2 and cause you to tremble,
\q2 and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.
\q2 and they will take away all the things you have stolen from them.
\q1
\v 8 You stole things from the people of many nations.
\q1 You murdered people of many peoples,
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\v 15 Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia,
\q2 who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk.
\q1 You force them to drink a lot of drugged wine
\q2 until they are drunk and then they walk around naked
\q2 until they are drunk, and then they walk around naked
\q2 because you are happy when you see that.
\q1
\v 16 But you are the ones who soon will be disgraced instead of being honored.
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\v 17 You did violent things to the people in Lebanon,
\q2 and you killed the wild animals there,
\q1 but you will be punished severely for doing that.
\q1 You have killed many people
\q1 You have killed many people,
\q2 and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.
\s5
\q1
\v 18 You people of Babylonia need to know that your idols are completely useless,
\v 18 You people of Babylonia need to know that your idols are completely useless
\q2 because it is people who made them.
\q1 Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you.
\q2 Those who trust in idols
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\m
\v 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.
\v 2 Yahweh, I have heard about you;
\q1 and I revere you because of all the amazing things that you have done.
\v 2 Yahweh, I have heard about you,
\q1 and I revere you because of all the amazing things you have done.
\q2 In our time, do again some of those things that you did long ago!
\q1 Even when you are angry with us,
\q2 act mercifully toward us!
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\s5
\q1
\v 9 It was as though you uncovered your bow and prepared to shoot it,
\v 9 It was as though you uncovered your bow and prepared to shoot it
\q2 and had grasped arrows to put to your bow.
\q1 Then you split open the earth,
\q2 and streams burst out.
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\s5
\q1
\v 11 The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky,
\q2 while your lightning flashed past like a swift arrow,
\v 11 The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky
\q2 while your lightning flashed past like a swift arrow
\q2 and your glittering spear flashed.
\q1
\v 12 Being very angry, you walked across the earth
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\s5
\q1
\v 13 But you also went to rescue your people,
\v 13 But you also went to rescue your people
\q2 and to save the one whom you have chosen.
\q1 You struck down the leader of those wicked people
\q2 and took away all his power completely.
\q2 and took away all of his power completely.
\s5
\q1
\v 14 With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like a whirlwind to attack and scatter us,
\q2 thinking that they could conquer us as easily as they defeat the weak people who hide from them.
\q1
\v 15 You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies,
\v 15 You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies
\q2 and caused the waves to surge.
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\q1 and my lips quivered
\q2 because I became afraid.
\q1 My legs became weak
\q2 and I shook, because I was terrified.
\q2 and I shook because I was terrified.
\q1 But I will wait quietly for the people of Babylonia, those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
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\q1
\v 17 Therefore,
\q1 even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees,
\q1 even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees
\q2 and there are no grapes on the grapevines,
\q1 and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees,
\q1 and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees
\q2 and there are no crops in the fields,
\q1 and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields,
\q1 and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields
\q2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do.
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\q2 I will be joyful because my God is the one who saves me!
\q1
\v 19 Yahweh the Lord is the one who gives me strength,
\q2 and he enables me to climb safely like a deer does,
\q2 and he enables me to climb safely like a deer does;
\q2 he makes me walk on my high hills.
\q (This message is for the choir director:
\q2 When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments.)