Jonas 2

Jonah’s Prayer

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

*Ps. 3:4;120:1;Lam. 3:55"I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,

and he answered me;

*Ps. 118:5out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

*Lam. 3:56and you heard my voice.

3 *Ps. 88:6,7For you cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

*Ps. 42:7all your breakers and your waves

passed over me.

4 *Ps. 31:22Then I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

*[1 Kgs. 8:35,38]yet I shall again look

upon your holy temple.’

5 *[Lam. 3:54] The waters closed in over me *Ps. 69:1to take my life;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 To 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,

*[2 Chr. 30:27]and my prayer came to you,

into your holy temple.

8 *Ps. 31:6;[2 Kgs. 17:15;Jer. 2:5] Those who pay regard to vain idols

*[Jer. 2:13]forsake their hope of steadfast love.

9 *Ps. 50:14;[Hos. 14:2;Heb. 13:15] But I with the voice of thanksgiving

will sacrifice to you;

what I have vowed I will pay.

*Ps. 3:8Salvation belongs to the Lord!"

10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.