Jonah 2:7
As my life was fading away,
What it says
As Jonah's life faded, he remembered the LORD, and his prayer came into God's holy temple.
What it is doing
This verse identifies remembrance of the LORD as the turning point of the prayer.
In context
1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, 2saying: 3For You cast me into the deep, 4At this, I said, 5The waters engulfed me 6To the roots of the mountains I descended; 7As my life was fading away, 8Those who cling to worthless idols 9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, 10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.