Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. ¹  However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. ²  Why are wicked people successful? ³  Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Job 12:6; Job 13:3; Job 21:7-15; Ps 37:1,35; Ps 51:4; Ps 73:3-28; Ps 92:7; Ps 94:3,4; Ps 119:75,137; Ps 145:17; Pr 1:32; Isa 41:21; Isa 48:8; Jer 5:11; Jer 5:28; Jer 11:20; Jer 12:6; Da 9:7; Ho 6:7; Hab 1:4; Hab 1:13-17; Zep 3:5; Mal 3:15; Ro 3:5,6

¹ tn Or “Lord, you are fair when I present my case before you.”

² tn Heb “judgments” or “matters of justice.” For the nuance of “complain to,” “fair,” “disposition of justice” assumed here, see BDB 936 s.v. רִיב Qal.4 (cf. Judg 21:22); BDB 843 s.v. צַדִּיק 1.d (cf. Ps 7:12; 11:7); BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 1.f (cf. Isa 26:8; Ps 10:5; Ezek 7:27).

³ tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”