We have the Prophet at his devotions, pleading with the Lord concerning the sorrows and exercises of the Church. He not only laments the iniquities of those that oppress the Lord's heritage, but the inroads made by sin among the heritage of the Lord. Reader! mark this I beseech you. Good men cry out when beholding the wickedness of the ungodly. But they groan yet more deeply when feeling the corrupt workings of their own hearts. And it is a blessed frame for a child of God to be in. See the workings of Ezra's heart on this point. Ezra 9:5-6.
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Habakkuk 1:1-4
1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wronga judgment proceedeth.