I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. I called upon thy name ... out of the low dungeon. Thus the spirit resists the flesh, and faith spurns the temptation (Calvin; Psalms 130:1; Jonah 2:2).
Verse 56. Thou hast heard my voice. He means, not now, but formerly (so in Lamentations 3:57-58). My breathing ... my cry - two kinds of prayer; the sigh of a prayer silently breathed forth, and the loud, earnest cry. (Contrast Isaiah 26:16, "a prayer," margin, 'a secret speech,' with Psalms 55:17, "cry aloud").
Verse 57. Thou drewest near - with thy help (James 4:8). [Resh (r)]