Habakkuk 2:1-4 New Living Translation (NLT)

2 I will climb up to my watchtower
    and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the Lord says
    and how he^[a] will answer my complaint.

The Lord’s Second Reply

² Then the Lord said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
    so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
³ This vision is for a future time.
    It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
    for it will surely take place.
    It will not be delayed.

⁴ “Look at the proud!
    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.^[b]