In his distress, he entreated Adonai his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Jonah 2:2 - Tree of Life Version Then Jonah prayed to Adonai his God from the belly of the fish, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, And he heard me; Out of the belly of hell cried I, And thou heardest my voice. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. [Ps. 120:1; 130:1; 142:1; Lam. 3:55-58.] American Standard Version (1901) And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice. Common English Bible “I called out to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the belly of the underworld I cried out for help; you have heard my voice. Catholic Public Domain Version And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish. |
In his distress, he entreated Adonai his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried out to Adonai, and He answered me.
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one see the Pit.
You who fear Adonai, praise Him! All Jacob’s descendants, glorify Him! Revere Him, all you seed of Israel.
They who looked to Him were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.
Praise is awaiting You in Zion, O God, and to You the vow will be fulfilled.
For great is Your lovingkindness toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.
Sheol from below is excited about you, to meet you at your coming! He stirs up the dead spirits for you, even the chief ones of the earth. He makes all the kings of the nations rise up from their thrones.
then I will bring you down with them who descend into the Pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the lowest parts of the earth, like the waste places of old, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or radiate splendor in the land of the living.
So none of all the trees by the water should exalt themselves in their height or set their top among the leafy boughs. None of their well-watered mighty ones should attain their height. For they have all been given to death, to the lowest regions under the earth, among the children of men who go down to the Pit.”
For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.’
And in His anguish, He was praying fervently; and His sweat was like drops of blood falling down on the ground.
because You will not abandon my soul to Sheol or let Your Holy One see decay.
In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.
Don’t consider your handmaid a wicked woman. For out of my great anguish and grief I’ve been praying until now.”
So David was in a serious bind, for the troops were calling for his stoning, for all the troops were bitter of soul, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Adonai his God.