"A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before God" (Ps. 102:1) is diametrically opposed to "Let him gird up strength like a lion to rise in the morning for the service of his Creator"; the first is the heading of one of the psalms and the second, the very beginning of the Shulhan Arukh, which serves as an introduction to the laws of prayer. These two symbolize and highlight two critically different meanings of prayer...
Of Prayer