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Jonah’s Prayer
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,
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,
and he said,
“I called out of my distress to the LORD,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
“I called out of my distress to the LORD,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
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 had cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current engulfed me.
All Your breakers and billows passed over me.
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current engulfed me.
All Your breakers and billows passed over me.
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.
“So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
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.’
“Water encompassed me to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
The great deep engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
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 descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
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.
“While I 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.
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.
“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
Forsake their faithfulness,
Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
But I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation is from the LORD.”
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation is from the LORD.”
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!”