O LORD, how long shall I cry for help,and you will not hear?Or cry to you “Violence!”and you will not save (yasha)?Why do you make me see iniquity,and why do you idly look at wrong?Destruction and violence are before me;strife and contention arise.So the law is paralyzed,and justice (mishpat) never goes forth.For the wicked surround the righteous (tzadik);so justice (mishpat) goes forth perverted. Habakkuk 1:2-4 We’ve looked at all of Habakkuk’s first complaint. He sees violence and people wronging one another. While this is bound to happen in any society to some extent, what is most troubling is how the […]