This rhetorical question is used as a request. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "please judge them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
Here the people are represented by their "eyes" to emphasize that they are directing their attention to God. Alternate translation: "we are looking to you for help" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])