If thou seest the oppression: &c. Here is an account of another vanity, and a sovereign antidote against it. Marvel not As if it were inconsistent with God's wisdom and justice to suffer such disorders. For he that is higher than the highest The most high God, who is infinitely above the greatest of men. Regardeth Not like an idle spectator, but a judge, who diligently observes, and will effectually punish them. And there be higher than they Namely, God; it is an emphatical repetition of the same thing.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
8 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.