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Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 2:2 in Heb}Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God ^bfrom the stomach of the fish, 2 and he said, “I ^ccalled out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the ^{▼▼ Lit belly}depth of ^eSheol;
You heard my voice.
3 “For You had ^fcast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current ^{▼▼ Lit surrounded}engulfed me.
All Your ^hbreakers and billows passed over me.
4 “So I said, ‘I have been ⁱexpelled from ^{▼▼ Lit before Your eyes}Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^ktoward Your holy temple.’
5 ^l“Water encompassed me to the ^{▼▼ Lit soul}point of death.
The great ⁿdeep ^{▼▼ Lit surrounded}engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 “I ^pdescended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its ^qbars was around me forever,
But You have ^rbrought up my life from ^{▼▼ Or corruption}the pit, O Lord my God.
7 “While ^{▼▼ Lit my soul...within me}I was ^ufainting away,
I ^vremembered the Lord,
And my ^wprayer came to You,
Into ^xYour holy temple.
8 “Those who ^yregard ^{▼▼ Lit empty vanities}vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
9 But I will ^aasacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will ^abpay.
^acSalvation is from the Lord.”

10 Then the Lord commanded the ^adfish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.