I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.