Habakuk 1:7

1:7 They are frightening and terrifying;

they decide for themselves what is right. ¹ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) probably has the nuance “authority.” See R. D. Patterson, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (WEC), 150.