10.26.2012 this morning considering PSALM 55.17

taken from spurgeon's treasury of david, vol.3.21

'evening and morning and at noon, will i PRAY and CRY ALOUD: and He shall hear my voice... king james
                           "                       COMPLAIN    MURMUR                  "       new american standard

complain (7878 siach)- muse, meditate, complain, talk of;   murmur (1993 hamah) -growl, roar, be boisterous
..'to begin, continue, and end the day with God is supreme wisdom...
'and cry aloud'..he would give a tongue to his complaint
he would be very earnest in his pleas with heaven.
some cry aloud who never say a word.
it is the bell of the heart that rings loudest in heaven.
some read it, 'i will nurse and murmur
deep heart thoughts should be attended with inarticulate but vehement utterances of grief.
blessed be God, moaning is translatable in heaven.
a father's heart reads a child's heart.      spurgeon

'evening and morning and at noon will i pray

this was the custom of pious hebrews. see dan. 4.10. the hebrews began their day in the evening and hence..evening first...
this was observed in the primitive church; but thetimes in different places were various.      adam clarke

the three principal parts of the day are mentioned, not as marking special times set apart for prayer, but as a poetical expression fro
'the whole day
'at all times
'without ceasing                          j.j. stewart perowne

if our poor, frail bodies need refreshment from food three times a day, who, that knows his own weakness, will say that we need not as frequent refreshment for our poor frail spirits?              william s. plumer, 1867

i can no more believe him to be frequent and spiritual in ejaculatory prayer, who neglects the season of solemn prayer, than i can believe that he keeps every day in the week a sabbath, who neglects to keep that one which God hath appointted.      william gurnall, 1617-79

there is no limited time in the court of heaven for hearing petitions. it is not like the court of earthly princes, for there is a free access any day of the week,any hour of the day, or the night, any minute of the hour. as the lawyer saith of the king, for having his due...so may i say of the godly, for making his prayers and granting his requests..no time unseasonable, so the heart be seasoned with faith; no non term in God's court of requests. He keeps continually open house for all comers and goers; and indeed, most for comers, then goers.
His eyes are always open to behold our tears
His ears are always open to hear our groans
His heart also and His bowels are always open and never shut up so fast,
but they will yearn and turn within Him,
if our misery be never so little.
for as we have not an high priest to pray by
'that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
so neither have we a God to pray to, that shall see us in distress,
and hear us cal and cry and never be moved.                                 zachary bogan 1625-59

'and cry aloud' the word here employed properly means to murmur; to make a humming sound; to sigh; to growl; to groan. here the language means that he would give utterance to his deep feelings in appropriate tones-
whether words, sighs or groans.         albert barnes