If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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Gill's Exposition
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of justice in a province,.... Which is a very disagreeable sight, but often seen; the poor are oppressed, and judgment and justice…
Barnes' Notes
Matter - Rather, purpose (as in the margin, and Ecc 3:1), referring either to the will of God or to the edict of an oppressive ruler. For he ... they - literally, for high watches over high and the…
Four things we are exhorted to in these verses: -
I. To be conscientious in paying our vows.
1. A vow is a bond upon the soul (Num 30:2), by which we solemnly oblige ourselves, not only, in general,…
Cambridge Bible
If thou seest the oppression of the poor From the follies of the religious life we pass to the disorders of the political. As in ch. Ecc 4:16, the thinker looks on those disorders of the world, "the…
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