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Jonah’s Prayer
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
saying,
“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
“I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
at 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.
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.
I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”