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.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor ... As in Ecclesiastes 3:16, so here the difficulty suggests itself. If God is so exact in even punishing hasty words (Ecclesiastes 5:1-6), why does He allow gross injustice? In the remote "provinces" (Hebrew, mªdiynaah (H4082) jurisdiction) the "poor" often had to put themselves, for protection from the inroads of Philistines, etc., under, chieftains, who oppressed them even in Solomon's reign, and the exaction of the tribute was often attended with oppression of the poor (1 Kings 12:4).
The matter - literally, the pleasure, or purpose (Isaiah 53:10). Marvel not at this dispensation of God's will, as if He had abandoned the world. Nay, there is coming a capital judgment at last, and an earnest of it in partial punishments of sinners meanwhile (Ecclesiastes 3:17). God cannot let such things remain unpunished: for He "hates" robbery (Isaiah 61:8).
For (he that is) higher ... (Daniel 7:18) - or translate, 'He that is high from above х mee`al (H5921)] regardeth (watcheth) the high.' I prefer the English version on account of the Hebrew order of words (cf. Psalms 82:1-8; Psalms 97:9).
Regardeth - (2 Chronicles 16:9.)
There be higher - plural - i:e., the three persons of the Godhead. The plural expresses the fullness of powers that are in God.