The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?