Jonah’s Prayer
1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God afrom the stomach of the fish,Ch 2:2 in HebJob 13:15; Ps 130:1, 2; Lam 3:53-56 2 and he said,“I acalled out of my distress to Yahweh,And He answered me.I cried for help from the belly of bSheol;You heard my voice.1 Sam 30:6; Ps 18:4-6; 22:24; 120:1Ps 18:5, 6; 86:13; 88:1-7
3 “For You had acast me into the deep,Into the heart of the seas,And the current surrounded me.All Your bbreakers and waves passed over me.Ps 69:1, 2, 14, 15; Lam 3:54Ps 42:74 “So I said, ‘I have been adriven away from 1Your sight.Nevertheless I will look again btoward Your holy temple.’Lit before Your eyesPs 31:22; Jer 7:151 Kin 8:38; 2 Chr 6:38; Ps 5:75 “aWater encompassed me to my very soul.The great bdeep surrounded me,Weeds were wrapped around my head.Lam 3:54Ps 69:1, 26 “I awent down to the 1base of the mountains.The earth with its bbars closed behind me forever,But You have cbrought up my life from 2the pit, O Yahweh my God.Lit basesOr corruptionPs 18:5; 116:3Is 38:10; Matt 16:18Job 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:177 “While my soul was afainting within me,I bremembered Yahweh,And my cprayer came to You,To 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 worthless idolsForsake their lovingkindness,2 Kin 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jer 10:89 But as for me, I will asacrifice to YouWith the voice of thanksgiving.That which I have vowed I will bpay.cSalvation belongs to Yahweh.”Ps 50:14, 23; Jer 33:11; Hos 14:2Job 22:27; Eccl 5:4, 5Ps 3:8; Is 45:17
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the afish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.Jon 1:17