" LORD, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Yet I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed?

But God will never abandon the faithful or ever give help to evil people.

(SEE 9:21)

When an innocent person suddenly dies, God laughs.

My life has been useless, but in it I have seen everything. Some good people may die while others live on, even though they are evil.

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: "If you obey God, everything will be all right,

but it will not go well for the wicked. Their life is like a shadow and they will die young, because they do not obey God."

The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will get to enjoy what they have worked for.

But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.

Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."

"The LORD is your mighty defender, perfect and just in all his ways; Your God is faithful and true; he does what is right and fair.

God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right.

Are you condemning the righteous God? Do you think that he hates justice?

He does not take the side of rulers nor favor the rich over the poor, for he created everyone.

He examines the good and the wicked alike; the lawless he hates with all his heart.

The LORD is righteous and loves good deeds; those who do them will live in his presence.

People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."

You are the judge of us all; rise and give the proud what they deserve!

because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world?

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.