aPs. 3:4; 120:1; Lam. 3:55
bPs. 118:5
cLam. 3:56
dPs. 88:6, 7
ePs. 42:7
fPs. 31:22
g[1 Kgs. 8:35, 38]
h[Lam. 3:54]
iPs. 69:1
j[2 Chr. 30:27]
kPs. 31:6; [2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5]
l[Jer. 2:13]
mPs. 50:14; [Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15]
nPs. 3:8

‏ Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2saying,

a“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
bout of the belly of Sheol I cried,
cand you heard my voice.
 3 dFor you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
eall your breakers and your waves
passed over me.
 4 fThen I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
gyet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
 5 hThe waters closed in over me ito take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head.
 6To the roots of the mountains I went down,
to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.
Yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
 7When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
jand my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
 8 kThose who pay regard to vain idols
lforsake their hope of steadfast love.
 9 mBut I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
nSalvation belongs to the Lord!”

10And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
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