I cried... — Better, following the Hebrew literally,
“My voice to God — and let me cry;
My voice to God — and He hears me.”
The Authorised Version has followed the LXX. and Vulg. in neglecting the striking changes in mood running through this psalm. Soliloquy and narrative alternate as the poet’s mood impels him — now to give vent to his feelings in sobs and cries, now to analyse and describe them.