Habakkuk 2:1–4

¹ I will take my stand at my watchpost 
and station myself on the tower, 
and look out to see what he will say to me, 
and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 

² And the Lord answered me: 
“Write the vision; 
make it plain on tablets, 
so he may run who reads it. 
³ For still the vision awaits its appointed time; 
it hastens to the end—it will not lie. 
If it seems slow, wait for it; 
it will surely come; it will not delay. 
⁴ “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, 
but the righteous shall live by his faith.