Is God fair? Lamentations

In the midst of difficulty and tragedy and pain it is easy to think God has forgotten us or neglected us. And if we are being disciplined by God we can often think He is being "unfair".   But, to be "unfair" God would have to be "unjust" and "non-righteous."   So, when we read Lamentations which is a book lamenting the bad that has happened to Israel, we should find plenty of "crying" out that God is unfair and unjust.   Yet, in 1:18 we read Jeremiah's words that God is righteous. You can't understand pain, suffering or difficulty until you understand that God is righteous. Because God is righteous, everything He does, or allow (see Job 1) is also righteous. That doesn't mean sin is righteous, but God will use sin to accomplish His work (see Job 2). When we understand that God is righteous then, and only then, can we grasp tragedy and lamenting. Don't try to wrap your mind around pain and suffering without grasping first that God is righteous in all that He does. He is working His plan and we are experiencing that plan even when His plan doesn't fit our needs.