Habakkuk 1:2-4

How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save? Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Habakkuk 1

6 songs meet this passage

  • “The good die young and poor”

    Saturn · SZA

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2-4

    Habakkuk cries out at injustice going unanswered, the same complaint the song raises about reward and fairness.

  • “God, You would have reached down”

    Praise You In This Storm · Casting Crowns

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2-4

    The song opens with the same honest confusion as Habakkuk's complaint, asking why God hasn't acted yet.

  • “They don't always happen when you ask”

    When You Believe (from "The Prince of Egypt") · Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2

    The prophet's cry of waiting on an answer that doesn't come on schedule parallels this honest admission.

  • Crescendo · ODIE

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2-3

    The weary 'how long' cry of a believer who still addresses God even while faith feels thin mirrors this honest complaint.

  • Somebody To Love · Queen

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2-3

    Long faithfulness met with silence and no relief is the prophet's own complaint; the song voices that same tension without resolving it.

  • “And the violence caused such silence”

    Zombie (2025 Remastered) · The Cranberries

    resonates with Habakkuk 1:2-3

    Like Habakkuk's complaint, the song questions why violence and destruction persist unanswered.

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