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Originally Posted by aron
all your waves and breakers swept over me.
It seems either Jonah saw himself living out the psalmist's vision, or vice versa.
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I admit to knowing nothing of etymology. The phrase repeated in both Psalm 42 and Jonah 2 might have been coincidental; it might have been a stock phrase which was used often in Semitic conversation.
Also, the Psalms had a long formative period. The oldest psalm might date from Moses or even earlier, with the last one being completed some time after the exile. So you had centuries of opportunities for these writings to be modified. Therefore guessing who borrowed from whom, if at all, is probably a wasted exercise for an amateur such as myself.
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Originally Posted by aron
And the image of being buried in deep waters appears fairly often in the Psalms for some reason.
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Again, the operative phrase here is "for some reason." It may be for no reason; it may be for reasons known only to God. And there may be more pervasive and important themes in the Psalms than sinking into the watery depths.
But the imagery is evocative, and given Jesus' own self-identification with the Jonah theme it is worth noting. My ignorant speculations are not really that important. What has been important for me was to point out that the cavalier way in which WL treated the Psalms was grossly inadequate. If my own musings have at least hinted at the riches here, that is good enough.