Habakkuk 1:4

For this reason the law lacks power, ¹  and justice is never carried out. ²  Indeed, ³  the wicked intimidate ⁴  the innocent. ⁵  For this reason justice is perverted. ⁶ 

Ex 23:2,6; De 16:19; 1Ki 21:13; Job 21:7; Ps 11:3; Ps 22:16; Ps 58:1,2; Ps 59:2,4; Ps 82:1-5; Ps 94:3,20,21; Ps 119:126; Isa 1:21-23; Isa 59:2-8,13-15; Jer 5:27-29; Jer 12:1,6; Jer 26:8,21-23; Jer 37:14-16; Jer 38:4-6; Eze 9:9; Eze 22:25-30; Ho 10:4; Am 5:7,12; Mic 2:1,2; Mic 3:1-3; Mic 7:2-4; Mt 23:34-36; Mt 26:59-66; Mt 27:1,2,25,26; Mr 7:9; Ac 7:52,59; Ac 23:12-14; Ro 3:31; Jas 2:6,7

¹ tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.”

² tn Heb “never goes out.”

³ tn Or “for.”

⁴ tn Heb “surround” (so NASB, NRSV).

⁵ tn Or “righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

⁶ tn Heb “comes out crooked.”