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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 called for help from the ^{▼▼Lit belly}depth of ^eSheol;
You heard my voice.
3 “For You ^fthrew me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current flowed around me.
All Your ^gbreakers and waves passed over me.
4 “So I said, ‘I have been ^hcast out ^{▼▼Lit from Your eyes}of Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^jtoward Your holy temple.’
5 “ ^kWater encompassed me to the ^{▼▼Lit soul}point of death.
The ^mdeep flowed around me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 “I ⁿdescended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its ^obars was around me forever,
But You have ^pbrought up my life from ^{▼▼Or corruption}the pit, Lord my God.
7 “While ^{▼▼Lit my soul within me was}I was ^sfainting away,
I ^tremembered the Lord,
And my ^uprayer came to You,
Into ^vYour holy temple.
8 “Those who ^ware followers of worthless ^{▼▼Lit futilities}idols
Abandon their faithfulness,
9 But I will ^ysacrifice to You
With a voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will ^zpay.
^aaSalvation is from the Lord.”
10 Then the Lord commanded the ^abfish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.