What's the deal . . . ?

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,    and you will not listen?Or cry to you “Violence!”    and you will not save?Why do you make me see wrongdoing    and look at trouble?Destruction and violence are before me;    strife and contention arise.So the law becomes slack,    and justice never prevails.The wicked surround the righteous;    therefore judgment comes forth perverted. I will stand at my watchpost    and station myself on the rampart;I will keep watch to see what he…