Job 21:7-15, Psa 37:35-36, 73:3-12 | ESV | STEP | Why do the wicked live , reach old age , and grow mighty in power ?

Job 21:7-15

7 ^aWhy do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their ^boffspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are ^csafe from fear,
and ^dno rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and ^edoes not miscarry.
11 They send out their ^flittle boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to ^gthe tambourine and ^hthe lyre
and rejoice to the sound of ⁱthe pipe.
13 They ^jspend their days in prosperity,
and in ^kpeace they go down to ^lSheol.
14 They say to God, ^m‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ⁿWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^oprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Psalms 37:35-36

35 ^pI have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like ^qa green laurel tree. ^{▼▼The identity of this tree is uncertain}
36 But he passed away, ^{▼▼Or But one passed by} and behold, ^the was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.

Psalms 73:3-12

3 ^uFor I was ^venvious of the arrogant
when I saw the ^wprosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not ^xstricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is ^ytheir necklace;
violence covers them as ^za garment.
7 Their ^aaeyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 They scoff and ^abspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find ^acno fault in them. ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them}
11 And they say, ^ae“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they ^afincrease in riches.