2 I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.^[a]

“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald^[b] may run with it.
³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it^[c] will certainly come
and will not delay.

1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
3. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he