And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God
might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are
beasts.
*For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast:
for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:16,18,19
---abuse of power,
---and the perversion of judgment,
*have been justly complained of in every age of the world.
Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that aside, and judges will not use their power well.
*Surely their case is lamentable, the height of whose hopes and wishes is, that they may die like beasts."
Adam Clarke /Matthew Henry