Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

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1} Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside^(a) the fish:^(A)

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I called to the Lord in my distress,^(B)
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;^(C)
You heard my voice.^(D)

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You threw me into the depths,^(E)
into the heart of the seas,^(F)
and the current^(b) overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.^(G)

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But I said: I have been banished^(H)
from Your sight,^(I)
yet I will look once more^(c)
toward Your holy temple.^(J)

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The waters engulfed me up to the neck;^(d)^(K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(L)

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I sank to the foundations of the mountains;^(M)
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!^(N)
But You raised my life^(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!^(P)

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As my life was fading away,^(Q)
I remembered Yahweh.^(R)
My prayer came to You,^(S)
to Your holy temple.^(T)

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Those who cling to worthless idols^(U)
forsake faithful love,^(V)

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but as for me, I will sacrifice^(W) to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.^(X)
I will fulfill^(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation^(e) is from the Lord!^(Z)

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10} Then the Lord commanded the fish,^(AA) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes:

a. Jonah 2:1: Lit from the belly of

b. Jonah 2:3: Lit river

c. Jonah 2:4: LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?

d. Jonah 2:5: Or me, threatening my life

e. Jonah 2:9: Or Deliverance

Cross references:

A. Jonah 2:1: Job 13:15; Psalm 130:1-2

B. Jonah 2:2: Psalm 18:4-6; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 120:1

C. Jonah 2:2: Psalm 18:5-6; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:1-7; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 38:18

D. Jonah 2:2: Psalm 34:7

E. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 69:1-2; Psalm 69:14-15

F. Jonah 2:3: Nehemiah 9:11

G. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 42:7

H. Jonah 2:4: Leviticus 21:7

I. Jonah 2:4: Psalm 31:22-23; Jeremiah 7:15

J. Jonah 2:4: 2 Chronicles 6:38; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 138:2

K. Jonah 2:5: Psalm 69:1-2; Psalm 105:18; Proverbs 23:2

L. Jonah 2:5: Psalm 18:4-5

M. Jonah 2:6: Psalm 116:3

N. Jonah 2:6: Job 38:10; Psalm 9:13; Isaiah 38:10; Matthew 16:18

O. Jonah 2:6: Job 33:28; Psalm 16:10; Psalm 30:3; Isaiah 38:17

P. Jonah 2:6: Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13

Q. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 142:3

R. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 77:10-11; Psalm 143:5

S. Jonah 2:7: 2 Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 18:6

T. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 11:4; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 88:2; Habakkuk 2:20

U. Jonah 2:8: Psalm 31:6; Jeremiah 16:18

V. Jonah 2:8: Psalm 31:6

W. Jonah 2:9: Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23; Jeremiah 33:11

X. Jonah 2:9: Psalm 26:7

Y. Jonah 2:9: Job 22:27; Psalm 22:25; Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18; Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

Z. Jonah 2:9: Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 45:17

AA. Jonah 2:10: Jonah 1:17