The Evils of Oppression

4 Then I looked again at all the acts of ^(A)oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had ^(B)no one to comfort them; and power was on the side of their oppressors, but they had no one to comfort them.

⁸ If you see ^(A)oppression of the poor and ^(B)denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be ^(C)shocked at the ^[a]sight; for one ^[b]official watches over another ^[c]official, and there are higher ^[d]officials over them.

⁹ All this I have seen, and have applied my ^[a]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised ^(A)authority over another person to his detriment.