Jonas 2

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. 2 And he said:

"I *1 Sam. 30:6; Ps. 120:1; Lam. 3:55cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,

*Ps. 65:2And He answered me.

"Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

And You heard my voice.

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

Into the heart of the seas,

And the floods surrounded me;

*Ps. 42:7All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

4 *Ps. 31:22; Jer. 7:15Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;

Yet I will look again *1 Kin. 8:38; 2 Chr. 6:38; Ps. 5:7toward Your holy temple.’

5 The *Ps. 69:1; Lam. 3:54waters surrounded me, even to my soul;

The deep closed around me;

Weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains;

The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;

Yet You have brought up my *Job 33:28; (Ps. 16:10; Is. 38:17)life from the pit,

O Lord, my God.

7 "When my soul fainted within me,

I remembered the Lord;

*2 Chr. 30:27; Ps. 18:6And my prayer went up to You,

Into Your holy temple.

8 "Those who regard *2 Kin. 17:15; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 10:8worthless idols

Forsake their own Mercy.

9 But I will *Ps. 50:14, 23; Jer. 33:11; Hos. 14:2sacrifice to You

With the voice of thanksgiving;

I will pay what I have *Job 22:27; (Eccl. 5:4, 5)vowed.

*Ps. 3:8; (Is. 45:17)Salvation is of the *(Jer. 3:23)Lord."

10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.