Habakkuk 2

¹I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the city wall. I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my complaint.[#2:1 The translation follows the alternate Hebrew reading known as a correction of the scribes. The standard Hebrew text reads what answer to give when I am rebuked , likely because scribes considered Habakkuk to be impudent by demanding an answer from the . The alternate reading is also supported by the Syriac and the parallelism with the preceding line.]

The Lord Responds

²Then the Lord answered me. He said:

⁴Look, his soul is puffed up and is not righteous within him[#2:4 The antecedent of and is uncertain, and there are other difficulties with the Hebrew. The phrase must refer to an ungodly man—in the immediate context, to the Babylonians.]

—but the righteous one will live by his faith.