While we would like to believe that the world rewards the kind and pure-hearted with prosperity and success, and punishes the arrogant and cruel, we all know that, too often, the exact opposite is how it works. Why are we so drawn to people who are mean, cruel, arrogant – jerks? Why do we envy them, instead of standing against them? Why do we make them popular and try to emulate them? It’s not God’s will. It’s our human nature. In this Psalm the writer reflects on the inherent injustice of how people are, and confesses to almost falling into envying the wicked as well.