Jonah 2:7 · KJV
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.”
— Jonah 2:7
I 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. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jonah 2 — Context
The 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. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}
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.
Cross References
Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, {even} into his ears.
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came {up} to his holy dwelling place, {even} unto heaven. {his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness}
1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. {grieved: Heb. bitter}
Psalms 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Psalms 11:4
The LORD {is} in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne {is} in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Psalms 27:13
{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 20:7
Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 77:10-11
And I said, This {is} my infirmity: {but I will remember} the years of the right hand of the most High.