Reading for September 25th

Read Jonah 2.1-10 Jonah's prayer.
Jonah's prayer, an appeal to God in poetic form, may be a traditional text taken over
by the narrator to represent Jonah's petition.
It is composed in the form of a lament, a common psalm type in which the worshiper
pleads for God's help in a time of great distress (Ps 3, 5, 7).
In verse 2 the lament opens with an address, in which the worshiper calls out to God.
Sheol is the land of the dead.
In verses 3-6 the description of distress follows the opening address.
the image of deep waters swallowing the worshiper is common in such descriptions
of distress (Ps 69.1-2, 14-15).
The holy temple refers to the Temple in Jerusalem.
In verse 7 a petition to God follows the description of distress.
In verse 8-9 laments customarily end, as does this one, with the worshiper anticipating
God's aid and promising to thank God by presenting a sacrifice at the Temple.
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