When you pray what happens? When you call out to God,what happens? Try this on:

⁶ In my distress I cried out to the LORD;
   I called to my God for help.
God heard my voice from his temple;
   I called to him for help,
   and my call reached his ears.

 ⁷ The earth rocked and shook;
   the bases of the mountains
   trembled and reeled
   because of God’s anger.
⁸ Smoke went up from God’s nostrils;
   out of his mouth came a devouring fire;
   flaming coals blazed out in front of him!
⁹ God parted the skies and came down;
   thick darkness was beneath his feet.
¹⁰ God mounted the heavenly creatures and flew;
   he soared on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ God made darkness cloak him;
   his covering was dark water
   and dense cloud.
¹² God’s clouds went ahead
   of the brightness before him;
   hail and coals of fire went too.
¹³ The LORD thundered in heaven;
   the Most High made his voice heard
   with hail and coals of fire.
¹⁴ God shot his arrows, scattering the enemy;
   he sent the lightning and threw them into confusion.
¹⁵ The seabeds were exposed;
   the earth’s foundations were laid bare
      at your rebuke, LORD,
      at the angry blast of air coming
      from your nostrils.

 ¹⁶ From on high God reached down
and grabbed me;
   he took me out of all that water.
¹⁷ God saved me from my powerful enemy,
   saved me from my foes,
   who were too much for me.
¹⁸ They came at me on the very day
of my distress,
   but the LORD was my support.
¹⁹ He brought me out to wide-open spaces;
   he pulled me out safe
   because he is pleased with me.  (Psalm 18:6-19, CEB)

When you pray, God does hear.