Jonah’s Prayer
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God afrom the stomach of the fish,Job 13:15; Ps 130:1, 2; Lam 3:53-56 2 and said,“I acalled out of my trouble and distress to the LORD,And He answered me;Out of the belly of bSheol I cried for help,And You heard my voice. Ps 120:1; 130:1; 142:1; Lam 3:55-581 Sam 30:6; Ps 18:4-6; 22:24; 120:1Ps 18:5, 6; 86:13; 88:1-7
3 “For You acast me into the deep,Into the deep heart of the seas,And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;All Your bbreakers and billowing waves passed over me. Ps 42:7Ps 69:1, 2, 14, 15; Lam 3:54Ps 42:74 “Then I said, ‘I have been acast out of Your sight.Nevertheless I will look again btoward Your holy temple.’ Ps 31:22Ps 31:22; Jer 7:151 Kin 8:38; 2 Chr 6:38; Ps 5:75 “The awaters surrounded me, to the point of death.The bgreat deep engulfed me,Seaweed was wrapped around my head. Ps 69:1; Lam 3:54Lam 3:54Ps 69:1, 26 “I adescended to the very roots of the mountains.The earth with its bbars closed behind me bolting me in forever,Yet You have cbrought up my life from the pit , O LORD my God.Ps 18:5; 116:3Is 38:10; Matt 16:18Job 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:177 “When my soul was afainting within me,I bremembered the LORD,And my cprayer came to You,Into dYour holy temple.Ps 142:3Ps 77:10, 11; 143:52 Chr 30:27; Ps 18:6Ps 11:4; 65:4; Jon 2:4; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:208 “Those who aregard and follow worthless idols1Turn away from their living source of mercy and lovingkindness.Lit Forsake.2 Kin 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jer 10:89 “But as for me, I will asacrifice to YouWith the voice of thanksgiving;I shall bpay that which I have vowed.cSalvation is from the LORD!”Ps 50:14, 23; Jer 33:11; Hos 14:2Job 22:27; Eccl 5:4, 5Ps 3:8; Is 45:17
10 So the LORD commanded the afish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.Jon 1:17