Psa 73:3, 11-13, Ecc 7:15, Mal 3:15-18 | ESV | STEP | For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked .

Psalms 73:3

3 ^aFor I was ^benvious of the arrogant
when I saw the ^cprosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:11-13

11 And they say, ^d“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they ^eincrease in riches.
13 All in vain have I ^fkept my heart clean
and ^gwashed my hands in innocence.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

15 In my ^hvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life I have seen everything. There is ^ja righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who ^kprolongs his life in his evildoing.

Malachi 3:15-18

15 And now we call ^lthe arrogant blessed. ^mEvildoers not only prosper but ⁿthey put God to the test and they escape.’”

The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord ^ospoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and ^pa book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, ^qin the day when I make up ^rmy treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall ^ssee the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.