Jonah’s Prayer
1 2:1 Ch 2:2 in Heb Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish, 2 and he said,
"I called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I called for help from the 2:2 Lit bellydepth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
3 "For You threw me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current flowed around me.
All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
4 "So I said, ‘I have been cast out 2:4 Lit from Your eyesof Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
5 "Water encompassed me to the 2:5 Lit soulpoint of death.
The deep flowed around me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 "I descended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from 2:6 Or corruptionthe pit, Lord my God.
7 "While 2:7 Lit my soul within me wasI was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.
8 "Those who are followers of worthless 2:8 Lit futilitiesidols
Abandon their faithfulness,
9 But I will sacrifice to You
With a voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation is from the Lord."
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.