Do you know that injustice will come? Ecclesiates 5-6

Ecclesiastes 5:8-9
" If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land."

Don't be surprised if injustices are seen in the earth and the impact of those injustices affect us all!!!  That seems to be the truth stated by Solomon in the above passage.   He is telling us not be shocked or in awe of injustice.   We live in an unjust society with unjust leaders ruling us.   Every time we see a judge, politician, corporate CEO, (or any other person of influence) do something bad, corrupt or illegal, we seemed to be shocked.  Yet, the world we live in is filled with people who do not honor God with in their hearts and therefore do not hesitate to take short-cuts in practices of power.   The fact that one official is over another may be Solomon's way of saying that there will be justice in the end.   However, it is more likely, what most  commentators conclude, however.  They assume that the corruption at the bottom is due to the hierarchy of unjust judges.  The statement then, from these men of God is: Don't be surprised at injustice.  The system is breeding it.     The use of the word "for" (for one official watches over another official ...), suggests such an interpretation.  Solomon somewhat illustrates the thought that corruptions is in the system, by suggesting a positive illustration.   He tells us, "after all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land."   This statement in verse nine is in contrast to previous remarks of injustice.  What he seems to be telling us is that when a leader (the king) cultivates the land, good things can happen.  Don't be surprised then, if the king cultivates injustice, bad things happen.   The truth we have in these two verses is that leadership matters.  It can cultivate good in the land, through justice and honor and Godliness, or, it can cultivate injustice, as one leader oversees the other leader in an injustice manner.   The oppression of the poor and the denial of justice is corrupt within the injustice of man's heart.   And, like a field the leader can cultivate that and that cultivation affects the entire land.  No one in the land is exempt from injustice.   Praying that we have just leaders and Godly leaders is imperative to our lives.   A king who cultivates the field is an advantage.