Jonah’s Prayer

Jonah 2   

1 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish: j

2   I called to the LORD in my distress, k

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside C Sheol; l

you heard my voice. m

3   You threw me into the depths, n

into the heart of the seas, o

and the current D overcame me.

All your breakers and your billows swept over me. p

4   But I said, “I have been banished q

from your sight, r

yet I will look once more E

toward your holy temple. s

5   The water engulfed me up to the neck; F,t

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head. u

6   I sank to the foundations of the mountains, v

the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! w

Then you raised my life x from the Pit, LORD my God! y

7   As my life was fading away, z

I remembered the LORD, a

and my prayer came to you, b

to your holy temple. c

8   Those who cherish worthless idols d

abandon their faithful love, e

9   but as for me, I will sacrifice f to you

with a voice of thanksgiving. g

I will fulfill h what I have vowed.

Salvation G belongs to the LORD.” i

10 Then the LORD commanded the fish, j and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.