Psa 30:11-12, 107:17-22, 116:1-4, 118:18-19, Jon 2:1-9 | ESV | STEP | You have turned for me my mourning into dancing ; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness ,

Psalms 30:11-12

11 You have turned for me my mourning into ^adancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12 that my ^bglory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Psalms 107:17-22

17 Some were ^cfools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 ^dthey loathed any kind of food,
and they ^edrew near to ^fthe gates of death.
19 ^gThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
20 He ^hsent out his word and ⁱhealed them,
and ^jdelivered them from their destruction.
21 ^kLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them ^loffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and ^mtell of his deeds in ⁿsongs of joy!

Psalms 116:1-4

I Love the Lord

1 I ^olove the Lord, because he has ^pheard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he ^qinclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 ^rThe snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then ^sI called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Psalms 118:18-19

18 The Lord has ^tdisciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
19 ^uOpen to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.

Jonah 2:1-9

Jonah’s Prayer

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,

^v“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
^wout of the belly of Sheol I cried,
^xand you heard my voice.
3 ^yFor you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
^zall your waves and your billows
passed over me.
4 ^aaThen I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
^abyet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
5 ^acThe waters closed in over me ^adto take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
^aeand my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
8 ^afThose who pay regard to vain idols
^agforsake their hope of steadfast love.
9 ^ahBut I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
^aiSalvation belongs to the Lord!”