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# General Information
The teacher looks at the oppression in the world and is saddened by it, but he is the king and has the power to change things. He also laments being alone even though he has many wives, children, and concubines. The ULB sets poetry (4:1-3, 4:5-6, and 4:8-12) farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry.
# under the sun # under the sun
This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) "on the earth". This refers to things that are done on earth. See Ecclesiastes 1:3
# behold, the tears # behold, the tears
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# the tears of oppressed people # the tears of oppressed people
Here "tears" represent weeping. Alternate translation: "the oppressed people were weeping" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) "the oppressed people were weeping"
# Power was in the hand of their oppressors # Power was in the hand of their oppressors
This means that their oppressors were powerful. Here their "hand" represents what thet possess. Alternate translation: "Their oppressors were powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) "Their oppressors were powerful"