What is "Aven"?
Rashi: Plunder and theft.
Why did he say "Lamah Sar'eni Aven"?
Radak: Evildoers do evil to me, and I see in front of me, and it is as if You show them that You will not eradicate them from the land.
Malbim: He asks why Hashem shows to him in Nevu'ah the success of Bavel. How do You see injustice? Since it is Nevu'ah, surely it is via Your Hashgachah. How can this come via You?
Why does it say "v'Amal Tabit"?
Rashi: You see this injustice, and You do not help!
Radak: You see the injustice that they do, and You do not pay them for it! So David said "Amal va'Cha'as Tabit" (Tehilim 10:14). All this informs that Hashem supervises people's actions, for good or bad. If so, why does He delay (punishing) them?
Why does it add "v'Shod v'Chamas l'Negdi"?
Malbim: I do not see in Nevu'ah the end of the Rasha and his eradication. I always see him opposite me, and his success endures a long time.
What is the meaning of "va'Yhi Riv u'Madon Yisa"?
Rashi: This is Nebuchadnetzar. He bears a quarrel, and he succeeds!
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan 1 : You sustain the one who bears a quarrel.
Radak #1: There is in front of me one who battles me.
Radak #2: The enemy bears (makes) quarrels, and Yisrael suffers!
Malbim: Since I see the Rasha's success enduring, this causes a quarrel against Hashem's ways. People have a claim against you! (Refer to 1:4:1:3, 1:4:3:2.)
This is unlike our text of Yonason. (PF)
