Habakkuk
Faixa 8
How long, O Lord? Habakkuk asks plainly Violence fills the streets Justice bends
The wicked surround the righteous The law feels paralyzed He is not doubting God’s existence He is questioning God’s timing
How long, O Lord? God answers I am raising the Chaldeans That answer is harder
Babylon is worse How can a holy God use a wicked nation To judge people less wicked than themselves Habakkuk stands watch
He waits for correction God says write the vision Make it plain The proud soul is not right
But the just shall live by faith Live by faith Then come the woes Woe to greed, woe to violence, woe to corrupt gain
Woe to drunken power, woe to idols that cannot speak Babylon may be God’s instrument, but Babylon is not innocent Then the prophet remembers God came before
God shook the nations God saved his people The fig tree may not blossom The vines may fail
The fields may produce nothing The stalls may stand empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. Habakkuk teaches clearly, faith is not pretending, there are no questions. Faith is standing watch, hearing God’s answer
And trusting his justice before the outcome is visible The just shall live by faith The just shall live by faith