I cried by reason of my affliction—or, “out of affliction” which came “to me.” So the Psalmist thanked God in the same words, thoug…

By reason of my affliction.— See margin. There is a close correspondence between this opening and that of Psalm 120:1. Compare als…

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me—

You see that this is not praying; it is tellin…

When Jonah says that he prayed from the bowels of the fish, he first shows with what courage of mind he was endowed. He had then put on a …

And said Not unto the Lord in prayer, but to others, to whom he communicated what passed between God and him in this time…

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…