I cried unto God with my voice,.... Which is to be understood of prayer, and that vocal, and which is importunate and fervent, being made in distress; see Psalms 3:4, or "my voice was unto God" h, "and I cried"; it was directed to him, and expressed in a very loud and clamorous way:
even unto God with my voice; or "my voice was unto God"; which is repeated to show that he prayed again and again, with great eagerness and earnestness, his case being a very afflicted one:
and he gave ear unto me; his prayer was not without success; God is a God hearing and answering prayer, according to his promise, Psalms 50:15.
h קולי אל אלהים "vox mea ad Deum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, "fertur", Junius Tremellius "erat", Cocceius.