In these verses David is very earnest in prayer. I. He prays that God would graciously hear and answer him, now that, in his distress, he called upon him, Ps. 28:1 , 2 . Observe his faith in prayer: O Lord, my rock , denoting his belief of God’s power (he is a rock) and his dependence upon that power—“He is my rock , on whom I build my hope.” Observe his fervency in prayer: “ To thee will I cry , ...