Jonah 2:2 - Exposition

He introduces the prayer with the tact that he cried to God in distress and was heard. By reason of mine affliction; better, out of my affliction. This may be a reminiscence of Psalms 120:1 or Psalms 18:6 ; but from such coincidences nothing can be established concerning the date of the book. Like circumstances call forth like expressions ; and the writers may have composed them quite independently of one another. Hell ( Sheol ). The unseen world ( Ezekiel 32:21 ). He was as though dead when thus engulfed (comp. Psalms 18:5 ). Cried I ( Psalms 28:1 , Psalms 28:2 ). Thou heardest my voice ( Psalms 130:1 , Psalms 130:2 ).