Appendix 2: The Structure of Jonah’s Prayer as Remembrance of His Ordeal
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Summary inside of the fish, continued, of his account in the water as the basis for his prayer of thanksgiving, including his recounting of his remembrance of the Lord while in the water and the Lord’s answering of Jonah from the temple (5-7)
5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
7 As my life was fading away, I remembered Yahweh.
My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple.
Gospel decisions inside of the fish based on the thankfulness: (1) proclamation of the uniqueness of the Lord in salvation (2:8,9b), (2) promise to give thanks (2:9), and (3) promise to fulfill a vow of sacrifice with his thanksgiving as expression of thanks (2:9)
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love, 9 but as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving.
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation is from the Lord!