19 The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.”

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The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

(A)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (B)do not be amazed at the matter, (C)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

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Evil Under the Sun

(A)Again I (B)saw all (C)the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had (D)no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

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36 For (A)the Lord will vindicate[a] his people
    (B)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, (C)bond or free.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint judge

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