13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
    and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?
14 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
    like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 (D)He[a] brings all of them up (E)with a hook;
    he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
    so he rejoices and is glad.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe

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