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Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside ^{▼▼Lit from the belly of} the fish: ^b

2 I called to the Lord in my distress, ^c
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of ^{▼▼Sheol: A Hebrew word for either the grave or the realm of the dead}Sheol; ^e
You heard my voice. ^f
3 You threw me into the depths, ^g
into the heart of the seas, ^h
and the current ^{▼▼Lit river} overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me. ^j
4 But I said: I have been banished ^k
from Your sight, ^l
yet I will look once more ^{▼▼LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?}
toward Your holy temple. ⁿ
5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck; ^{▼▼Or me, threatening my life
,} ^p
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head. ^q
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains; ^r
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! ^s
But You raised my life ^t from the ^{▼▼Pit: Either the grave or the realm of the dead}Pit, Lord my God! ^v
7 As my life was fading away, ^w
I remembered ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh. ^y
My prayer came to You, ^z
to Your holy temple. ^aa
8 Those who cling to worthless idols ^ab
forsake faithful love, ^ac
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice ^ad to You
with a voice of thanksgiving. ^ae
I will fulfill ^af what I have vowed.
Salvation ^{▼▼Or Deliverance} is from the Lord! ^ah

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, ^ai and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.