Text: Jonah 2:2
OT Text Referred to: Psalms 18:6
Subject: Cry from Distress/Sheol
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Jonah 2:2 echoes the language of Psalm 18:6 (cf. 2 Samuel 22:7): both describe crying to the LORD from extreme distress and being heard "from his temple." The verbal parallels are striking—מִצָּרָה ("from distress/the grave"), קָרָאתִי ("I called"), שָׁמַע ("he heard"). Jonah's psalm from the belly of the fish draws extensively on Davidic psalmic tradition, demonstrating how the prophets applied royal suffering-and-deliverance patterns to their own experience. This connection links prophetic suffering (Jonah) to royal suffering (David), both of which find ultimate fulfillment in Christ's death and resurrection.