Jonah’s Prayer
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, Lam 3:53-56Psa 130:1-2Psa 91:15Job 13:15Isa 26:16Psa 50:15Jas 5:132Ch 33:11-13 saying: Psa 18:4-6Psa 120:1Psa 34:6Psa 86:13Psa 88:1-71Sa 30:6Heb 5:7Mat 12:40
“In my distress I called to the LORD,
and He answered me.
From the belly of Sheol I called for help,
and You heard my voice.
For You cast me into the deep, Psa 42:7Lam 3:54Psa 69:1-2Psa 69:14-15Psa 88:5-8Jon 1:12-16
into the heart of the seas,
and the current swirled about me;
all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
At this, I said, Psa 31:22Psa 5:72Ch 6:38Isa 38:171Ki 8:38-39Dan 6:10Jer 7:151Ki 8:42
‘I have been banished from Your sight;
yet I will look once more
toward Your holy temple.’
The waters engulfed me Psa 69:1-2Lam 3:54Psa 40:2
to take my life;
the watery depths closed around me;
the seaweed wrapped around my head.
To the roots of the mountains I descended; Psa 30:3Psa 16:10Isa 38:17Pro 8:25-29Psa 143:7Act 13:33-37Deu 32:22Hab 3:10
the earth beneath me barred me in forever!
But You raised my life from the pit,
O LORD my God!
As my life was fading away, Psa 18:62Ch 30:271Sa 30:6Psa 11:4Psa 143:5Psa 20:7Psa 27:13Psa 77:10-11
I remembered the LORD.
My prayer went up to You,
to Your holy temple.
Those who cling to worthless idols Psa 31:62Ki 17:15Jer 2:131Sa 12:21Jer 10:8Hab 2:18-20Jer 10:14-15Jer 16:19
forsake His loving devotion. 1
But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, Psa 3:8Psa 50:14Ecc 5:4-5Heb 13:15Psa 50:23Hos 14:2Psa 116:17-18Psa 68:20
will sacrifice to You.
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation is from the LORD!”
And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Mat 8:26-27Psa 33:9Gen 1:3Isa 50:2Mat 8:8-9Jon 1:17Gen 1:11Gen 1:7