Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 34:28

28. So that they cause the cry of the poor to come , unto him , and he heareth the cry of the afflicted .

Heb. To bring, &c. which is ambiguous, and may be read, either 1. that he, i. e. God, might bring, &c. So this is a reason why God smo[illegible: 1+ letters] them, &c. as is said, v. 26. Or 2. that they i. e. those wicked men, might bring, &c. and so these words contain either 1. a reason of what was last mentioned, to wit, why they would not consider nor walk in Gods ways, because they were resolved to oppress the poor, and give them cause to cry unto God; which they neither would nor could have done if they had throughly understood and considered Gods ways: or 2. an evidence or instance of it wherein it did appear, that they had turned back from God, &c.

i. e. Unto God, as the following words imply, it being God's work to [illegible: 1+ letters]ear the cry and plead the cause of the afflicted or oppressed. Others, Upon him, or upon them, or upon each of them, to wit, of the Oppressours; upon whom the cry of the oppressed is said to come, because the vengeance of God is by that cry brought down upon them.

He delivereth the oppressed by taking the Oppressour away.