By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
(Ecclesiastes 4:1, "I considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of the oppressor there was power.") Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24:12; Job 30:20) the difficulty: the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.