This is a very interesting verse. The ransom is a substitute, and what the verse seems to be saying is that the wicked will receive what otherwise would have fallen on the righteous. There are several examples of this in Scripture. Haman went to the gallows that were meant for Mordecai. Achan was executed, sparing Israel from God’s wrath. Ransom can also signify deliverance. Pharaoh unintentionally delivered Israel from bondage. Cyrus delivered Judah from captivity. How this principle plays out in our lives is unknown to us. But what we can know for certain is that in Christ, we are kept, delivered, rescued, and preserved by a covenant keeping God. As this verse illustrates, He is completely unlimited in the means He has at His disposal to keep you. Are you, like Habakkuk, wrestling with the injustice of this world, of the forces and people who seem to be against you, intent on bringing your ruin? The just shall live by faith. As Paul exulted, “If God be for us, who can be against us?” This knowledge spares us from fixating on all of the perceived injustice done against us. You don’t have to chase down every false rumor, every slight, every wrong. You have someone far more capable than you that protects you and knows how to deliver the righteous.