So God's answer to Habakkuk's first complaint was that Babylon was going to destroy the place. Not surprisingly this didn't exactly set Habakkuk's mind at rest. So far all God has said is that the Babylonian's will be raised up.
Habakkuk reminds God that He is a God of justice, asking why He tolerates sin. More than that, the righteous perish. The Bible is not afraid to face head on the issue of why there are many times when the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. How long must the wicked prosper, worshipping false gods while they are at it?
However, these questions are not questions of doubt, but questions of faith. Many times people ask "questions" seeking to prove that God does not exist, or to somehow demean faith, seeking to catch God out. Jesus, of course, experienced this many times during His earthly ministry. But, Habakkuk is asking from a different spirit. He knows that God is just and is convinced that God must somehow have things worked out, yet he cannot see it, he cannot reconcile what he knows of God with what he sees going on around him. These are questions of faith and it is right for us to ask them, for then God can reveal more of the truth to us.
This is what was happening here, and Habakkuk waits for the answer.
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