Psalms 69:3

Crying. — Better, calling, i.e., on God in prayer. For a similar picture of utter dejection comp. Psalms 22:15. The following English lines have caught the feeling of these verses:

“How have I knelt with arms of my aspiring
Lifted all night in irresponsive air,
Dazed and amazed with overmuch desiring,
Blank with the utter agony of prayer.”

St. Paul, by F. Myers.