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Verse 1

Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898}

Referenced Verses

Job 12:6 : 6 The tents{H168} of robbers{H7703} prosper,{H7951} And they that provoke{H7264} God{H410} are secure;{H987} Into whose hand{H3027} God{H433} bringeth{H935} [abundantly].
Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call{H833} the proud{H2086} happy;{H833} yea, they that work{H6213} wickedness{H7564} are built up;{H1129} yea, they tempt{H974} God,{H430} and escape.{H4422}
Ps 37:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Fret{H2734} not thyself because of evil-doers,{H7489} Neither be thou envious{H7065} against them that work{H6213} unrighteousness.{H5766}
Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{H2398} And done{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in thy sight;{H5869} That thou mayest be justified{H6663} when thou speakest,{H1696} And be clear{H2135} when thou judgest.{H8199}
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked{H7563} spring{H6524} as the grass,{H6212} And when all the workers{H6466} of iniquity{H205} do flourish;{H6692} It is that they shall be destroyed{H8045} for ever.{H5703}
Ps 94:3-4 : 3 Jehovah,{H3068} how long shall the wicked,{H7563} How long shall the wicked{H7563} triumph?{H5937} 4 They prate,{H5042} they speak{H5042} arrogantly:{H6277} All the workers{H6466} of iniquity{H205} boast{H559} themselves.
Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen{H7200} the wicked{H7563} in great power,{H6184} And spreading{H6168} himself like a green{H7488} tree{H249} in its native soil.
Job 13:3 : 3 Surely{H199} I would speak{H1696} to the Almighty,{H7706} And I desire{H2654} to reason{H3198} with God.{H410}
Job 21:7-9 : 7 Wherefore do the wicked{H7563} live,{H2421} Become old,{H6275} yea, wax mighty{H1396} in power?{H2428} 8 Their seed{H2233} is established{H3559} with them in their sight,{H6440} And their offspring{H6631} before their eyes.{H5869} 9 Their houses{H1004} are safe{H7965} from fear,{H6343} Neither is the rod{H7626} of God{H433} upon them. 10 Their bull{H7794} gendereth,{H5674} and faileth{H1602} not; Their cow{H6510} calveth,{H6403} and casteth not her calf.{H7921} 11 They send forth{H7971} their little ones{H5759} like a flock,{H6629} And their children{H3206} dance.{H7540} 12 They sing{H5375} to the timbrel{H8596} and harp,{H3658} And rejoice{H8055} at the sound{H6963} of the pipe.{H5748} 13 They spend{H3615} their days{H3117} in prosperity,{H2896} And in a moment{H7281} they go down{H2865} to Sheol.{H7585} 14 And they say{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; For we desire{H2654} not the knowledge{H1847} of thy ways.{H1870} 15 What is the Almighty,{H7706} that we should serve{H5647} him? And what profit{H3276} should we have, if we pray{H6293} unto him?
Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} you are righteous;{H6662} for we are left a remnant{H7604} that is escaped,{H6413} as it is this day:{H3117} behold, we are before{H6440} you in our guiltiness;{H819} for none can stand{H5975} before{H6440} you because of this.
Jer 5:11 : 11 For the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} have dealt very{H898} treacherously{H898} against me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
Jer 5:27-28 : 27 As a cage{H3619} is full{H4392} of birds,{H5775} so are their houses{H1004} full{H4392} of deceit:{H4820} therefore they are become great,{H1431} and waxed rich.{H6238} 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} who judgest{H8199} righteously,{H6664} who triest{H974} the heart{H3629} and the mind,{H3820} I shall see{H7200} thy vengeance{H5360} on them; for unto thee have I revealed{H1540} my cause.{H7379}
Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord,{H136} righteousness{H6666} belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as at this day;{H3117} to the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and to the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and unto all Israel,{H3478} that are near,{H7138} and that are far off,{H7350} through all the countries{H776} whither thou hast driven{H5080} them, because of their trespass{H4604} that they have trespassed{H4603} against thee.
Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore the law{H8451} is slacked,{H6313} and justice{H4941} doth never{H5331} go forth;{H3318} for the wicked{H7563} doth compass{H3803} about the righteous;{H6662} therefore justice{H4941} goeth forth{H3318} perverted.{H6127}
Hab 1:13-17 : 13 Thou that art of purer{H2889} eyes{H5869} than to behold{H7200} evil,{H7451} and that canst{H3201} not look{H5027} on perverseness,{H5999} wherefore lookest{H5027} thou upon them that deal treacherously,{H898} and holdest thy peace{H2790} when the wicked{H7563} swalloweth{H1104} up the man that is more righteous{H6662} than he; 14 and makest{H6213} men{H120} as the fishes{H1709} of the sea,{H3220} as the creeping things,{H7431} that have no ruler{H4910} over them? 15 He taketh up{H5927} all of them with the angle,{H2443} he catcheth{H1641} them in his net,{H2764} and gathereth{H622} them in his drag:{H4365} therefore he rejoiceth{H8055} and is glad.{H1523} 16 Therefore he sacrificeth{H2076} unto his net,{H2764} and burneth incense{H6999} unto his drag;{H4365} because by them{H1992} his portion{H2506} is fat,{H8082} and his food{H3978} plenteous.{H1277} 17 Shall he therefore empty{H7324} his net,{H2764} and spare{H2550} not to slay{H2026} the nations{H1471} continually?{H8548}
Zeph 3:5 : 5 Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of her is righteous;{H6662} he will not do{H6213} iniquity;{H5766} every{H1242} morning{H1242} doth he bring{H5414} his justice{H4941} to light,{H216} he faileth{H5737} not; but the unjust{H5767} knoweth{H3045} no shame.{H1322}
Hos 6:7 : 7 But they like Adam{H120} have transgressed{H5674} the covenant:{H1285} there have they dealt treacherously{H898} against me.
Jer 12:6 : 6 For even thy brethren,{H251} and the house{H1004} of thy father,{H1} even they have dealt treacherously{H898} with thee; even they have cried{H7121} aloud{H4392} after{H310} thee: believe{H539} them not, though they speak{H1696} fair words{H2896} unto thee.
Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But{G1161} if{G1487} our{G2257} righteousness{G1343} commendeth{G4921} the righteousness{G1343} of God,{G2316} what{G5101} shall we say?{G2046} Is God{G2316} unrighteous{G94} who visiteth{G2018} with wrath?{G3709} (I speak{G3004} after the manner{G2596} of men.){G444} 6 God forbid:{G3361} {G1096} for then{G1893} how{G4459} shall{G2919} God{G2316} judge{G2919} the world?{G2889}
Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far{H2486} from thee to do{H6213} after this manner,{H1697} to slay{H4191} the righteous{H6662} with the wicked,{H7563} that so the righteous{H6662} should be as the wicked;{H7563} that be far{H2486} from thee: shall not the Judge{H8199} of all the earth{H776} do{H6213} right?{H4941}
Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock,{H6697} his work{H6467} is perfect;{H8549} For all his ways{H1870} are justice:{H4941} A God{H410} of faithfulness{H530} and without iniquity,{H5766} Just{H6662} and right{H3477} is he.
Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious{H7065} at the arrogant,{H1984} When I saw{H7200} the prosperity{H7965} of the wicked.{H7563} 4 For there are no pangs{H2784} in their death;{H4194} But their strength{H193} is firm.{H1277} 5 They are not in trouble{H5999} as [other] men;{H582} Neither are they plagued{H5060} like{H5973} [other] men.{H120} 6 Therefore pride{H1346} is as a chain{H6059} about their neck; Violence{H2555} covereth{H5848} them as a garment.{H7897} 7 Their eyes{H5869} stand out{H3318} with fatness:{H2459} They have more{H5674} than heart{H3824} could wish.{H4906} 8 They scoff,{H4167} and in wickedness{H7451} utter{H1696} oppression:{H6233} They speak{H1696} loftily.{H4791} 9 They have set{H8371} their mouth{H6310} in the heavens,{H8064} And their tongue{H3956} walketh{H1980} through the earth.{H776} 10 Therefore his people{H5971} return{H7725} hither:{H1988} And waters{H4325} of a full{H4392} [cup] are drained{H4680} by them. 11 And they say,{H559} How doth God{H410} know?{H3045} And is there{H3426} knowledge{H1844} in the Most High?{H5945} 12 Behold, these are the wicked;{H7563} And, being alway{H5769} at ease,{H7961} they increase{H7685} in riches.{H2428} 13 Surely in vain{H7385} have I cleansed{H2135} my heart,{H3824} And washed{H7364} my hands{H3709} in innocency;{H5356} 14 For all the day{H3117} long have I been plagued,{H5060} And chastened{H8433} every morning.{H1242} 15 If I had said,{H559} I will speak{H559} thus;{H3644} Behold, I had dealt treacherously{H898} with the generation{H1755} of thy children.{H1121} 16 When I thought{H2803} how I might know{H3045} this, It was too painful{H5999} for me;{H5869} 17 Until I went{H935} into the sanctuary{H4720} of God,{H410} And considered{H995} their latter end.{H319} 18 Surely thou settest{H7896} them in slippery places:{H2513} Thou castest them down{H5307} to destruction.{H4876} 19 How are they become a desolation{H8047} in a moment!{H7281} They are utterly{H5486} consumed{H8552} with terrors.{H1091} 20 As a dream{H2472} when one awaketh,{H6974} So, O Lord,{H136} when thou awakest,{H5782} thou wilt despise{H959} their image.{H6754} 21 For my soul{H3824} was grieved,{H2556} And I was pricked{H8150} in my heart:{H3629} 22 So brutish{H1198} was I, and ignorant;{H3045} I was [as] a beast{H929} before thee. 23 Nevertheless I am continually{H8548} with thee: Thou hast holden{H270} my right{H3225} hand.{H3027} 24 Thou wilt guide{H5148} me with thy counsel,{H6098} And afterward{H310} receive{H3947} me to glory.{H3519} 25 Whom have I in heaven{H8064} [but thee]? And there is none upon earth{H776} that I desire{H2654} besides thee. 26 My flesh{H7607} and my heart{H3824} faileth;{H3615} [But] God{H430} is the strength{H6697} of my heart{H3824} and my portion{H2506} for ever.{H5769} 27 For, lo, they that are far{H7369} from thee shall perish:{H6} Thou hast destroyed{H6789} all them that play the harlot,{H2181} [departing] from thee. 28 But{H589} it is good{H2896} for me to draw near{H7132} unto God:{H430} I have made{H7896} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} my refuge,{H4268} That I may tell{H5608} of all thy works.{H4399}
Ps 119:75 : 75 I know,{H3045} O Jehovah,{H3068} that thy judgments{H4941} are righteous,{H6664} And that in faithfulness{H530} thou hast afflicted{H6031} me.
Ps 119:137 : 137 TSADHE. Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} And upright{H3477} are thy judgments.{H4941}
Ps 145:17 : 17 Jehovah{H3068} is righteous{H6662} in all his ways,{H1870} And gracious{H2623} in all his works.{H4639}
Prov 1:32 : 32 For the backsliding{H4878} of the simple{H6612} shall slay{H2026} them, And the careless ease{H7962} of fools{H3684} shall destroy{H6} them.
Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce{H7126} your cause,{H7379} saith{H559} Jehovah;{H3068} bring forth{H5066} your strong{H6110} reasons, saith{H559} the King{H4428} of Jacob.{H3290}
Isa 48:8 : 8 Yea, thou heardest{H8085} not; yea, thou knewest{H3045} not; yea, from of old thine ear{H241} was not opened:{H6605} for I knew{H3045} that thou didst deal very{H898} treacherously,{H898} and wast called{H7121} a transgressor{H6586} from the womb.{H990}