Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, (and) liftest up thy voice for understanding. The summit of the ascending climax. Solomon had said that the words of Wisdom are to be received with the ear and with the heart, and this with attentive and diligent application; he now stirs up the hearer to crown all by crying in prayer for spiritual understanding, lifting up the voice fervently.