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Habakkuk Waits for God’s Answer

“I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on a tower.
I will wait and see what the Lord[a] will say about me
    and what I[b] will answer when he reprimands me.[c]

God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint

When he answered, the Lord told me:

“Write out the revelation,
    engraving it clearly on the tablets,
        so that a courier may run with it.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 The Heb. lacks the Lord
  2. Habakkuk 2:1 Syr he
  3. Habakkuk 2:1 Lit. answer at my reprimand
  4. Habakkuk 2:2 Or that whoever reads it may run