Jonás 2:7

7 Cuando la vida se me escapaba,
recordé al Señor
.
Elevé mi oración sincera hacia ti
en tu santo templo.

Jonás 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 2:7

When my soul fainted within me
Covered with grief; overwhelmed with sorrow; ready to faint and sink at the sight of his sins; and under a sense of the wrath and displeasure of God, and being forsaken by him: I remembered the Lord;
his covenant and promises, his former mercies and lovingkindness, the gracious experiences he had had of these in times past; he remembered he was a God gracious and merciful, and ready to forgive, healed the backslidings of his people, and still loved them freely, and tenderly received and embraced them, when they returned to him: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple;
into heaven itself, the habitation of God's holiness, the temple where he dwells, and is worshipped by holy angels and glorified saints; the prayer the prophet put up in the fish's belly, encouraged to it by remembering the mercy and goodness of God, ascended from thence, and reached the ears of the Lord of hosts in the highest heavens, and met with a kind reception, and had a gracious answer; see ( Psalms 3:4 ) ( 22:6 ) .

Jonás 2:7 In-Context

5 »Me hundí bajo las olas
y las aguas se cerraron sobre mí;
las algas se enredaban en mi cabeza.

6 Me hundí hasta las raíces de las montañas.
Me quedé preso en la tierra,
cuyas puertas se cierran para siempre.
Pero tú, oh Señor
mi Dios,
¡me arrebataste de las garras de la muerte!

7 Cuando la vida se me escapaba,
recordé al Señor
.
Elevé mi oración sincera hacia ti
en tu santo templo.

8 Los que rinden culto a dioses falsos
le dan la espalda a todas las misericordias de Dios.

9 Pero yo te ofreceré sacrificios con cantos de alabanza,
y cumpliré todas mis promesas.
Pues mi salvación viene solo del Señor
».