Elihu continues speaking.

## In the open sight of others ##

"In a place where everyone can see"

## they turned away from following him ##

AT: "they would not obey him"

## his ways ##

This refers to God's instructions for how people should behave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## they made the cry of the poor come to him ##

"they made the poor people cry, and God heard them"