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Jonah 2:7

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

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ASV

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

KJV

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ףbe.hit.'a.Tefwhen fainted awayH5848 →
עָלַי֙'a.Laion meH5921 →
נַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.Shilife myH5315 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
זָכָ֑רְתִּיza.Kha.re.tiI rememberedH2142 →
וַתָּב֤וֹאva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935 →
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
תְּפִלָּתִ֔יte.fi.la.Tiprayer myH8605 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הֵיכַ֖לhei.Khal[the] temple ofH1964 →
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃kod.She.chaholiness yourH6944 →

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Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.2 Samuel 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.Psalms 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.Psalms 6:9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.Psalms 77:10–11So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.Lamentations 3:21–26Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:2 Corinthians 1:9–10Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.Jonah 2:4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

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Jonah Is Spewed Forth by the Whale — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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