12 You will be in the right, O Yahweh, when I complain to you.
    Even so, let me speak my claims with you.
Why does the way of the wicked succeed?
    All those who deal treacherously with treachery are at ease.
² Not only do you plant them, they take root.
    They grow, but also they produce fruit.
You are near in their mouths,
    but far from their inmost beings.^[a]