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How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernCalling upon GodBeggarsApparent InjusticeProlonged AfflictionsViolence In The EarthBefore God ActsNo HelpListening To Godhelp

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
Verse ConceptsSecurityTentsApparent InjusticeThe Wicked Prosperthieves



In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingBad DaysDoing The Right ThingEnjoying Life

Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Righteousness OfQuestionsApparent InjusticePartialityDoubting God's JusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Wicked ProsperprosperingQuestioning Life

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair? Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfSuffering, Of The InnocentApparent InjusticeIs God Unjust?

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’ Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Injustice

How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernCalling upon GodBeggarsApparent InjusticeProlonged AfflictionsViolence In The EarthBefore God ActsNo HelpListening To Godhelp

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
Verse ConceptsSecurityTentsApparent InjusticeThe Wicked Prosperthieves



In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingBad DaysDoing The Right ThingEnjoying Life

Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Righteousness OfQuestionsApparent InjusticePartialityDoubting God's JusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Wicked ProsperprosperingQuestioning Life

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair? Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfSuffering, Of The InnocentApparent InjusticeIs God Unjust?

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’ Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Injustice

How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernCalling upon GodBeggarsApparent InjusticeProlonged AfflictionsViolence In The EarthBefore God ActsNo HelpListening To Godhelp

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
Verse ConceptsSecurityTentsApparent InjusticeThe Wicked Prosperthieves



In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingBad DaysDoing The Right ThingEnjoying Life

Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Righteousness OfQuestionsApparent InjusticePartialityDoubting God's JusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Wicked ProsperprosperingQuestioning Life

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair? Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfSuffering, Of The InnocentApparent InjusticeIs God Unjust?

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’ Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Injustice

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