Talmud Bavli
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Commentary for Berakhot 13:28

אלא הכי קא"ל צדיק וטוב לו צדיק גמור צדיק ורע לו צדיק שאינו גמור רשע וטוב לו רשע שאינו גמור רשע ורע לו רשע גמור

But [we may suppose that] God answered Moses thus wise, "The righteous man who enjoys prosperity is perfectly righteous ; the righteous man who is afflicted with adversity is not perfectly righteous ; the wicked man who enjoys prosperity is not perfectly wicked ; the wicked man who is afflicted with adversity is perfectly wicked."

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

Against this attempt to solve the problem, cf. "R. Jannai said: It is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the afflictions of the righteous" ; Abot iv. 19, Singer, p. 197.
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