Ecclesiastes 5:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

⁸ Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

⁹ A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.