Jonah 2:7
Verse 7 of 10. The 2nd of 4 chapters in Jonah, in The Minor Prophets.
3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
10And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah 2:7 in the World English Bible
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.Read Jonah 2:7 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:7
To these he added prayer to God (v. 7): "When my soul fainted within me, then I remembered the Lord, I betook myself to that cordial." He remembered what he is, how nigh to those that seem to be thrown at the greatest distance by trouble, how merciful to those that seem to have thrown themselves at a distance from him by sin.
Read Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:1–9: Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. (b. c. 840.)
Pray Jonah 2:7 with someone reading it aloud.
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