So that they cause, 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 smote them, &c., as is said, Job 34:26. 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 God's ways, because they were resolved to oppress the poor, and give them cause to cry unto God; which they neither could nor would have done, if they had thoroughly understood and considered God's ways. Or,
2. An evidence or instance of it, wherein it did appear that they had turned back from God, &c. Unto him, i.e. unto God, as the following words imply, it being God's work to hear 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 oppressors; 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 heareth the cry of the afflicted; he delivereth the oppressed by taking the oppressor away.