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Euripides, Electra 583-4

It is right to  believe in the gods no longer if injustice will surpass what is just

 

 

ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς,

εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.

 

Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, certainly had reasons to be confused by justice

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