John Trapp on Lamentations 3:56

Ver. 56. Thou haſt heard my voyce] Seem a mans caſe never ſo deſperate, if he can but find a praying heart, God will find a pittying heart. Prayer is the beſt lever at a dead lift.

Hide not thine ear at my breathing] As breathing is a proof of animal life; ſo is prayer, though never ſo weak, of ſpiritual. If therefore you cannot ſpeak, weep (fletu ſaepe agitur non affatu, teares alſo have a voyce, Pſal. 39.12.) if you cannot weep, ſigh, (a ſtorm of ſighs may do as much as a ſhowe of teares) if you cannot ſigh, yet breath, as here: God feels breath; and happy is he that can ſay, In te ſpero & reſpiro, In thee I hope Lord: and after thee I breath or pant.