וְעַתָּ֕ה אֲנַ֖חְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים זֵדִ֑ים גַּם־נִבְנוּ֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י רִשְׁעָ֔ה גַּ֧ם בָּחֲנ֛וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃
“At ngayon ay tinatawag naming mapalad ang mga palalo; oo, napatatatag pa ang mga gumagawa ng kasamaan; oo, sinubok nila ang Diyos, at sila'y nakaligtas.”
Malbim
This holy book, as is clear from its composition, is a formal debate about the apparently unfair workings of Divine Governance.2The Hebrew term is הנהגה – Governance, i.e., how God governs the world. The alternative term השגחה used is translated as 'Providence'; it is generally taken to indicate individual Providence. For there are righteous people who suffer the deserts of the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:14), while there are wicked ones whose paths prosper…they grow and even produce fruit (Jeremiah 12:1-2). Yea, they vex God, yet escape capture (Malachi 3:15).