Are the Psalms of King David a cry out to God?

This studies psalms of laments, the cries of the psalmist from desperate circumstances, deep waters, the miry pit. It teaches ... They are unashamed cries for help, for salvation, for rescue. .... David cannot appeal to his own righteousness in this case.4 Rather he appeals to God's love and mercy as he pleads for deliverance:. read more

Yes Psalms are cries to G-D. Psalms is one of the few texts of scripture which can be correctly unerstood litteraly or relative to the emotions of the reader. Psalms are in fact the original prayerbook of the Jewish People. Sources: Rabbi Akiva Greenberg Ztl. Former Kiruv Rabbi/Posek; Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Goldstein Shlita. read more

Psalm 40 is a wonderfully human psalm, the desperate cry of one who is in deep trouble. But what inspires us is not its humanness, but its faith and its hope in the midst of this trouble and the psalmist's sincere surrender to the God whose thoughts are focused on him, the God who holds the plan for his life. read more

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears. English Revised Version In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears. read more