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Why do the wicked
escape Your judgement,
unscathed, even for a time?
Why are those who do evil
allowed for even a moment
to wear pride like a necklace?
Why do Your enemies
prosper before Your children,
and their boasts walk the earth?
Even your brothers, the Lord
says,
have dealt treacherously with you,
did you want them devoured as well?
Your father's house curses
you,
leaving you to be eaten by lions,
did you want them slaughtered too?
Those who call you kin in
your ears,
but call multitudes down on your head,
did you want them trampled flat?
Why does the way of the wicked
prosper?
Why are evil people so happy
to do harm?
Why do the sinful bear even
a single fruit?
If you have only marched
with the infantry,
How can you stay with galloping
horses?
If there is always peace
across the land,
How will you know how to
respond in war?
If others speak only smooth
words to you,
How will you know they're
bent to deceive?
God's answer: As the Lord
lives,
there will come a
day when He will return
and have
compassion on His people,
and bring them back to His holy land,
And if their captors and
oppressors
learn and live
the ways of God's people
and swear by His holy precious name,
they too can enjoy the Promised Land.
Jeremiah 12
Psalm 73
Habakkuk 1:2-4 |
