Habakkuk
Faixa 8
How long, O Lord? Fm C#7 Habakkuk asks plainly Fm Violence fills the streets Gm7 Justice bends C7 Gm7 The wicked surround the righteous C7 Fm The law feels paralyzed A#m He is not doubting God’s existence C7 Fm Fm7 He is questioning God’s timing C#m7 Fm6 How long, O Lord? Gm7 C7 God answers Fm I am raising the Chaldeans Csus4 That answer is harder C#maj7 C7 C Babylon is worse Fm F7 A#m How can a holy God use a wicked nation C#maj7 Gm7b5 C7 To judge people less wicked than Fm themselves Fm Habakkuk stands watch C7 He waits for correction C God says write the vision C7 Make it plain The proud soul is not right A#m7 C7 Fm But the just shall live by faith Live by faith G Fm Then come the woes Woe to greed, woe to violence, C7 woe to corrupt gain Woe to drunken power, Fm woe to idols that cannot speak A#m C# Babylon may be God’s instrument, C7 Fm but Babylon is not innocent C7 Then the prophet remembers C7 God came before God shook the nations Fm God saved his people The fig tree may not blossom C C7 The vines may fail The fields may produce nothing Fm The stalls may stand empty, C# C7 Fm C#7 yet I will rejoice in the Lord. Fm Fm G7 Habakkuk teaches clearly, C7 faith is not pretending, C7 there are no questions. Faith is standing watch, Fm hearing God’s answer A#m A#m7 C And trusting his justice before the C7 F G7 outcome is visible C7 F Fm G7 The just shall live by faith C7 F The just shall live by faith