Do ye indeed . . . ? Figure of Speech. Erotesis.App-6. Render:
"Are ye indeed silent [when] ye should speak righteousness?
When ye should judge with equity, O ye sons of men?"
O congregation:or, O faction.Hebrew. 'elem. Occurs only here and in the subscription of Psalm 55 = silent. So human judges are dumb when they ought to speak, and deaf when they ought to hear (Psa_58:4).