"Why do the wicked always seem to prosper and to get away with things?"
Sadly, I don't have a neat answer for us today, except to use Psalm 1:4 as a form of explanation.
David wrote, "The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away."
When wheat grows the husk/chaff grows with the good part of the plant, until they are ready for harvest. The farmer doesn't do anything with the husk until it has dried out and is then threshed. Only then is the chaff left to be taken by the wind, or to be disposed somewhere else.
I understand this parable to imply that we won't necessarily get rid of the wicked in our time, but when the time of judgement comes, they will get their due. It is left to us to remain as 'healthy' and 'pure' as we can, so we can be used by the Father. We will have to leave the final threshing to God to sort out.
Apologies for the simplistic answer, but that is the best I can do :)
Living in Grace
D3LM3
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