⁷ Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

³ For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.^(A)

12 You will be righteous, Lord,^(A)
even if I bring a case against you.
Yet, I wish to contend with you:^(B)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?^(C)
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?