Psalm 13:1
1 For the music director, a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die.
Habakkuk 1:2
1 This is the oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw: 2 How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not deliver! 3 Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife. 4 For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
Notes and References
"... We know nothing about Habakkuk except that 1:1 gives him the title 'prophet' (elsewhere only Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 1:1). This, plus the extensive use of liturgical forms and wisdom terminology, suggests that he may have been a 'cult prophet', functioning in some formal way in the worship of the Jerusalem temple. The book begins with the language used in the psalms of lament (compare 1:2—4 with Psalm 13:1—2; 74:10; 89:46; and 1:12-13 with Psalm 5:4-5), indicates that the prophet could seek an oracle from YHWH (compare 2:1 with 2 Kings 3:1120), speaks explicitly of YHWH's presence in the temple (2:20), and concludes with a psalm that uses technical terms found also in the Psalter (3:1, 9, 13, 19), all showing that the prophet knew well the language of worship and may have even been an official participant. He was also well acquainted with the concerns and vocabulary of the sages in Jerusalem: his questions about the justice of God remind us of Job and Ecclesiastes, and he uses favourite words of the sages, such as 'complaint' (2:1), 'taunt', 'mocking riddles' (2:6), and others. The only uniquely prophetic form in the book is the 'woe' (or 'alas') poem in 2:6-19 ..."
Barton, John, and John Muddiman The Oxford Bible Commentary (pp. 601-602) Oxford University Press, 2001