Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor - For this was a frequent case under all governments; and especially in the provinces or colonies which being far from the seat of government, were generally oppressed by the sovereign' s deputies.

Marvel not at the matter - hachephets , the will, i.e., of God; which permits such evils to take place; for all things shall work together for good to them that love him.

"Marvel not

Ye righteous, if his dispensations here

Unequal seem. What, though disorders reign?

He still presides, and with unerring hand

Directs the vast machine. His wisdom can

From discord harmony produce; and make

Even vice itself subservient to his ends."

 

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