Psalm 65 - It is not Fair when God is Just
Psalm 65:5 You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness
An observations I’ve made before is that God’s righteousness is not actually defined in the scriptures we’ve reviewed so far. However, it appears equated with justice in several places. So, when I have a verse, like the one above, I will and try and extract its meaningfulness by replacing the word righteousness with justice. Of course, they aren’t precisely the same thing. “Righteous” describes God;  ”just” describes God’s actions.
So, if God answers our prayers with awesome deeds of righteousness, it means He answers us with justice. And what does that tell us about what we can expect from God when we pray?
It does not mean I will get what I want, because I don’t always want what is just.
It does not mean I will get what is fair, because what is fair is not always just.
It does not mean my adversary will always be punished, because God will show mercy when it is just.
Unfortunately, it does not tell me what I will get in any concrete way, because I am imperfect and usually unable to determine what is just from God’s perspective, until I look back and analyze what He did. In fact, when I want to understand what God did, it helps me to analyze it by answering the question, “why was that just?” though I won’t always know. But I know that it was, and that strengthens my faith.