I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
David cried aloud to God in supplication amid deep affliction during his years of flight and trial. That crying was uttered in the cave when no one else was near, under sore and pinching distress of spirit. To cry to the Lord with the voice is to pour out all wants and wishes in deep supplication before His throne. It is to tell Him trouble and complaint, crying to One who knows all sorrow.
The crying shows ardent affection deeply sensible of need. It is not obstreperous noise but melting moans of the heart. Yet such distress extorts even vocal cries, and those cries are not unpleasant to God's ear.
Such crying prayer pierces the depths of heaven and prevails with God. Faith gets courage by it, for tears water faith so that it grows into confidence that God will deal bountifully. The crying crier becomes a triumphant praiser whom the righteous will crown as conqueror. His cries are like vocal music, and prayer is its instrument making heavenly melody to God.
David cried aloud to God in supplication amid deep affliction during his years of flight and trial. That crying was uttered in the cave when no one else was near, under sore and pinching distress of spirit. To cry to the Lord with the voice is to pour out all wants and wishes in deep supplication before His throne. It is to tell Him trouble and complaint, crying to One who knows all sorrow.
The crying shows ardent affection deeply sensible of need. It is not obstreperous noise but melting moans of the heart. Yet such distress extorts even vocal cries, and those cries are not unpleasant to God's ear.
Such crying prayer pierces the depths of heaven and prevails with God. Faith gets courage by it, for tears water faith so that it grows into confidence that God will deal bountifully. The crying crier becomes a triumphant praiser whom the righteous will crown as conqueror. His cries are like vocal music, and prayer is its instrument making heavenly melody to God.