Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

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2} and he said,

“I ^(B)called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the ^(b)depth of ^(C)Sheol;
You heard my voice.

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“For You had ^(D)cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current ^(c)engulfed me.
All Your ^(E)breakers and billows passed over me.

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“So I said, ‘I have been ^(F)expelled from ^(d)Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(G)toward Your holy temple.’

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“^(H)Water encompassed me to the ^(e)point of death.
The great ^(I)deep ^(f)engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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“I ^(J)descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its ^(K)bars was around me forever,
But You have ^(L)brought up my life from ^(g)the pit, O Lord my God.

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“While ^(h)I was ^(M)fainting away,
I ^(N)remembered the Lord,
And my ^(O)prayer came to You,
Into ^(P)Your holy temple.

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“Those who ^(Q)regard ⁽ⁱ⁾vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

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But I will ^(R)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will ^(S)pay.
^(T)Salvation is from the Lord.”

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

Footnotes:

a. Jonah 2:1: ['Ch 2:2 in Heb']

b. Jonah 2:2: ['Lit ', belly]

c. Jonah 2:3: ['Lit ', surrounded]

d. Jonah 2:4: ['Lit ', before Your eyes]

e. Jonah 2:5: ['Lit ', soul]

f. Jonah 2:5: ['Lit ', surrounded]

g. Jonah 2:6: ['Or ', corruption]

h. Jonah 2:7: ['Lit ', my soul...within me]

i. Jonah 2:8: ['Lit ', empty vanities]

Cross references:

A. Jonah 2:1: Job 13:15; Psalm 130:1; Psalm 130:2; Lamentations 3:53-56

B. Jonah 2:2: 1 Samuel 30:6; Psalm 18:4-6; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 120:1

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

D. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 69:1; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 69:15; Lamentations 3:54

E. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 42:7

F. Jonah 2:4: Psalm 31:22; Jeremiah 7:15

G. Jonah 2:4: Psalm 5:7

H. Jonah 2:5: Lamentations 3:54

I. Jonah 2:5: Psalm 69:1; Psalm 69:2

J. Jonah 2:6: Psalm 18:5; Psalm 116:3

K. Jonah 2:6: Isaiah 38:10; Matthew 16:18

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

M. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 142:3

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

O. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 18:6

P. Jonah 2:7: Psalm 11:4; Psalm 65:4; Jonah 2:4; Micah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:20

Q. Jonah 2:8: Psalm 31:6; Jeremiah 10:8

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

S. Jonah 2:9: Job 22:27; Job 22:5

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

U. Jonah 2:10: Jonah 1:17