For You had (or “did”) cast me into the deep - Jonah continues to describe the extremity of peril, from which God had already deliv…

Hadst cast.—Rather, didst cast. (See Psalms 88:6.)

Floods.—Literally, river, used here o…

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;

The word Jonah used implies that God had violently cast him away in…

In this verse his difficulties are set forth, for Jonah, to elaborate, refers to his condition. It was a great thing that he cried to God from the …

For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas ,
&c.] Though the mariners did this, yet Jonah ascribes …

Observe when Jonah prayed. He prayed when he was in trouble, under the signs of God's displeasure against him for sin. When we are in affliction, w…