Righteous are You, O Lord, that I may make my defense to You: yet I will speak to You [of] judgments. Why [is it] that the way of the ungodly prospers? [And] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but He will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.

For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.

I have seen all things in the days of my vanity; there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and from long beforehand. Nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before Him.

But it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, [which are but] a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.

Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us; therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

Woe to the transgressor! Evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart; and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers; for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

His burial shall be in peace; he has been removed out of the way.

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves Him not.

[As for God], His works [are] true, and all His ways [are] judgment: God [is] faithful, and there is no unrighteousness [in Him]; just and holy [is] the Lord.

Will the Lord be unjust when He judges; or will He that has made all things pervert justice?

Behold then the One that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is forever just.

[Such a one] as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.

The Lord tests the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

For the Lord [is] righteous, and loves righteousness; His face beholds uprightness.

And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.

Be exalted, You that judge the earth; render a reward to the proud.

For He has come to judge the earth; He shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations in uprightness.

Certainly not! For otherwise how shall God judge the world?

For the Father judges no one, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

"Most assuredly I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, in accordance with the things which he did, whether good or bad.