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Jonah's Prayer
And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
He said:
“In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
“In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
You hurled me into the depths,
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
swept over me.
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
swept over me.
And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’
from your sight;
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’
The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
“When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered you, Lord,
and my prayer rose to you,
to your holy temple.
I remembered you, Lord,
and my prayer rose to you,
to your holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
“Those who cling to worthless idols
turn away from God’s love for them.
turn away from God’s love for them.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’ ”
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’ ”