It is good for me that I have been afflicted’; that I might learn Thy statutes.
Psalm 119:71
There it is again.
Affliction or suffering in order to teach us.
I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are right,
and that Thou, in Thy faithfulness hath afflicted me. Psalm 119:75
That scripture is similar to this one:
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of His correction:
Proverbs 3:11
When we are suffering or being afflicted, it is very difficult to think of much else.
The wicked do not get disciplined.
Discipline is reserved for those who have chosen to follow Jesus.
While He loves the world, He allows the wicked to do what they do, or so it seems.
Jeremiah cried out on how it appeared to him that the wicked did not suffer.
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? Jeremiah 12:1
While Jeremiah felt that way, as did David at times and other persons in the Bible,
here is what God’s word says:
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Isaiah 57:20-21
While it seems like the wicked prevail and have it easy, that is not the case.
Maybe for the time-being, but their day is coming.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for He seeth that his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalm 37:12-15
As hard as it is, accept what is given to you from the Lord,
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
But let patience have its perfect work,
that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2-4
Take your lumps. They are good for you.