Righteous are You, O Jehovah, when I complain to You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those who deceive with treachery at ease?

Behold, the Mighty God will not cast away the perfect, nor will His hand support evildoers.

It is all one; therefore I have said, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

If the scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the despair of the innocent.

I have seen everything in the days of my vanity: There is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he prolong his days, which are like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.

Say to the righteous that it is well; for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

Woe to the wicked! For the evil, the recompense of his hand, shall be done unto him.

The righteous perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Then you shall again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who does not serve Him.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a Mighty God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

Does the Mighty God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn a righteous mighty one?

He is not partial to rulers, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; for they are all the work of His hands.

Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

For the righteous Jehovah loves righteousness; His face beholds the upright.

And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God who judges in the earth.

Be exalted, O Judge of the earth; restore recompense to the proud.

for He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples with equity.

Let it not be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

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

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death unto life.

For 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, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.