1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)Solomon had a large soul (1 Kgs. 4:29) and it appeared by this, among other things, that he had a very tender concern for the miserable part of mankind and took cognizance of the afflictions of the afflicted. He had taken the oppressors to task ( Eccl. 3:16 , 17 ) and put them in mind of the judgment to come, to be a curb to their insolence; now here he observes the oppressed. This he did, no doub...
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