Psalms 116:4

Psalms 116:4. Then called I upon the name of the LORD;

The most canonical hour for prayer is the time of our greatest distress. When you can do nothing else but pray, then is the very best time to pray. When you seem shut up to prayer, what a blessed shutting up it is! "Then called I upon the name of the Lord." And what was his prayer? Very short: very full: a sort of soldier’s prayer.

Psalms 116:4. O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

There, dear hearer, if you want to begin to pray to God, there is a good beginning for you. "Oh! Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul."