Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Hearken-used in the English portion for other Hebrew verbs, [translate, therefore, qaashab (H7181) here, 'Attend to'].
My cry. Another form of prayer, expressed in loud earnest calls for help, distinguished from "my words" and "my meditation" (Psalms 5:1).
My king, and my God - the ground of his prayer. God, as David's king, standing at the head of the Israelite theocracy, cannot let evil triumph in his kingdom, or His believing subjects call for help against their unbelieving foes in vain. 'David places himself in opposition to the unbelieving, who in misfortune neglecting God, either consume their grief within themselves, or make complaints of it to men, as if God took no cognizance of them' (Calvin).