²⁷ because they turned away from following him,
    and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
²⁸ so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him.
    He heard the cry of the afflicted.
²⁹ When he gives quietness, who then can condemn?
    When he hides his face, who then can see him?
    He is over a nation or a man alike,