5:8 If you see the extortion 1 of the poor,
or the perversion 2 of justice and fairness in the government, 3
do not be astonished by the matter.
For the high official is watched by a higher official, 4
and there are higher ones over them! 5
5:9 The produce of the land is seized 6 by all of them,
even the king is served 7 by the fields. 8