Jonah 2

Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:[#2:1 Jb 13:15; Ps 130:1–2; Lm 3:53–56]

2I called to the Lord in my distress,[#2:2 1Sm 30:6; Ps 18:4–6; 22:24; 120:1]

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol;

you heard my voice.

3When you threw me into the depths,[#2:3 Ps 69:1–2,14–15; Lm 3:54]

into the heart of the seas,

the current overcame me.

All your breakers and your billows swept over me.

4And I said, ‘I have been banished[#2:4 Lv 21:7]

from your sight,

yet I will look once more

towards your holy temple.’

5The water engulfed me up to the neck; ,[#2:5 Or me, threatening my life; #2:5 Ps 69:1–2; 105:18; Pr 23:2; Lm 3:54]

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped round my head.

6I sank to the foundations of the mountains,[#2:6 Ps 116:3]

the earth’s gates shut behind me for ever!

Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

7As my life was fading away,[#2:7 Ps 142:3]

I remembered the Lord ,

and my prayer came to you,

to your holy temple.

8Those who cherish worthless idols[#2:8 2Kg 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jr 16:18]

abandon their faithful love,

9but as for me, I will sacrifice to you[#2:9 Ps 50:14,23; Jr 33:11; Hs 14:2]

with a voice of thanksgiving.

I will fulfil what I have vowed.

Salvation belongs to the Lord .

10Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.[#2:10 Jnh 1:17]

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