Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 4

8 songs meet this passage

  • “When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die”

    Hands Held High · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    Ecclesiastes names the same ancient grief: the oppressed have no comforter while power sits untouched by consequence.

  • “Made to kneel before the altar as you tear us apart”

    Young · Hollywood Undead

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The Preacher names the tears of the oppressed with no comforter; the song's image of being broken by unnamed powers mirrors that grief.

  • everything i wanted · Billie Eilish

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The weight of being used and unsupported names the same oppression the Preacher observes, 'and they had no comforter.'

  • “Two bullets in my Uncle Tony head”

    Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock) · Kendrick Lamar

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The grief over senseless loss and oppression reflects the Preacher's lament over the tears of the oppressed with no comforter.

  • “I never”

    Mr. Brightside · The Killers

    strains against Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The unfinished repetition leaves the oppression of the heart unresolved and uncomforted, where Ecclesiastes at least names the absence of a comforter as a lament, not a dead end.

  • Fortunate Son · Creedence Clearwater Revival

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The Preacher names the tears of the oppressed who have no one to comfort them; the song gives voice to those sent to suffer by the choices of the powerful.

  • “Dear Mama, can you save me?”

    Only God Can Judge Me (feat. Rappin' 4-Tay) · 2Pac

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The helplessness in the face of oppression and violence recalls the Preacher's lament over the tears of the oppressed with no one to comfort them.

  • “wearing, wearing a frown”

    Chain Gang · Sam Cooke

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 4:1

    The song gives voice to the oppressed with no one to comfort them, exactly the ache Ecclesiastes names.

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