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Jonah’s Prayer
1Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God Afrom the stomach of the fish, and he said,
“I Acalled out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the 1depth of BSheol;
You heard my voice.
“For You had Acast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current 1engulfed me.
All Your Bbreakers and billows passed over me.
“So I said, ‘I have been Aexpelled from 1Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again Btoward Your holy temple.’
AWater encompassed me to the 1point of death.
The great Bdeep 2engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
“I Adescended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its Bbars was around me forever,
But You have Cbrought up my life from 1the pit, O Lord my God.
“While 1I was Afainting away,
I Bremembered the Lord,
And my Cprayer came to You,
Into DYour holy temple.
“Those who Aregard 1vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
But I will Asacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will Bpay.
CSalvation is from the Lord.”
10 Then the Lord commanded the Afish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.
1 2:1 Ch 2:2 in Heb A 2:1 Job 13:15; Ps 130:1, 2; Lam 3:53-56 A 2:2 1 Sam 30:6; Ps 18:4-6; 22:24; 120:1 1 2:2 Lit belly B 2:2 Ps 18:5, 6; 86:13; 88:1-7 A 2:3 Ps 69:1, 2, 14, 15; Lam 3:54 1 2:3 Lit surrounded B 2:3 Ps 42:7 A 2:4 Ps 31:22; Jer 7:15 1 2:4 Lit before Your eyes B 2:4 1 Kin 8:38; 2 Chr 6:38; Ps 5:7 A 2:5 Lam 3:54 1 2:5 Lit soul B 2:5 Ps 69:1, 2 2 2:5 Lit surrounded A 2:6 Ps 18:5; 116:3 B 2:6 Is 38:10; Matt 16:18 C 2:6 Job 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:17 1 2:6 Or corruption 1 2:7 Lit my soul...within me A 2:7 Ps 142:3 B 2:7 Ps 77:10, 11; 143:5 C 2:7 2 Chr 30:27; Ps 18:6 D 2:7 Ps 11:4; 65:4; Jon 2:4; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20 A 2:8 2 Kin 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jer 10:8 1 2:8 Lit empty vanities A 2:9 Ps 50:14, 23; Jer 33:11; Hos 14:2 B 2:9 Job 22:27; Eccl 5:4, 5 C 2:9 Ps 3:8; Is 45:17 A 2:10 Jon 1:17