Habakkuk stood on the watchtower 
complaining to God because the people were evil,
no good,
dirty,
rotten,
shiftless,
no-account 
scoundrels and ne’er-do-wells.
(Tell me what you really think, Habakkuk.)
They rob the poor,
starve the hungry,
murder the innocent.
Why do they get away with it?
It’s God’s job to fix them!
Habakkuk wrote it all down
while he waited on the watchtower to see what God would do.
For twenty years he watched from the roof of the highest tower
until his eyes grew old and tired, 
until he saw God’s answer come
over the horizon
a swift destroying army
from every direction.