Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1 Jonah 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

2 I 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 2:2 Lit from the stomach of Sheol; 2:2 Ps 18:5–6; 86:13; 88:1–7; Is 28:15; 38:18

you heard my voice. 2:2 Ps 34:7

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

into the heart of the seas, 2:3 Neh 9:11

the current 2:3 Lit river overcame me.

All your breakers and your billows swept over me. 2:3 Ps 42:7

4 And I said, "I have been banished 2:4 Lv 21:7

from your sight, 2:4 Ps 31:22–23; Jr 7:15

yet I will look 2:4 LXX reads sight. Will I look . . . ? once more

toward your holy temple." 2:4 1Kg 8:38; 2Ch 6:38; Ps 5:7; 138:2

5 The 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 around my head. 2:5 Ps 18:4–5

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

the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! 2:6 Jb 38:10; Ps 9:13; Is 38:10; Mt 16:18

Then you raised my life 2:6 Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:17 from the Pit, Lord my God! 2:6 Ps 30:3; 86:13

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

I remembered the Lord, 2:7 2Sm 14:11; Ps 77:10–11; 143:5

and my prayer came to you, 2:7 2Ch 30:27; Ps 18:6

to your holy temple. 2:7 Ps 11:4; 65:4; 88:2; Mc 1:2; Hab 2:20

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

abandon their faithful love, 2:8 Ps 31:6

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

with a voice of thanksgiving. 2:9 Ps 26:7

I will fulfill 2:9 Jb 22:27; Ps 22:25; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4–5 what I have vowed.

Salvation 2:9 Or Deliverance belongs to the Lord. 2:9 Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; 45:17; Rv 7:10

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