Habakkuk 1:13-17

New Catholic Bible

¹³ Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil,
    and you cannot countenance wrongdoing.
Why then do you remain silent
    as you gaze on the treachery of the wicked,
watching them while they devour
    those who are more righteous?
¹⁴ You have made men like the fish of the sea,
    like crawling creatures without a ruler.
¹⁵ The wicked haul all of them up with a hook
    or catch them in a net.
They gather them up in a seine,
    and then rejoice and exult.
¹⁶ Therefore, the wicked offer sacrifice to their net
    and burn incense to their seine,
for, thanks to them, they live sumptuously
    and enjoy elegant food.
¹⁷ Shall they then be allowed
    to draw their sword unceasingly,
    and to slaughter nations without mercy?