If — 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 — 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. Higher — 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.