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Jonah’s Prayer and God’s Answer
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.
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 cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,
And He answered me.
“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And You heard my voice.
“I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,
And He answered me.
“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And 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 cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
All Your billows and Your waves 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.
Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
Yet 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.’
The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
The deep closed around 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
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.
“When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord;
And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.
I remembered the Lord;
And my prayer went up 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 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;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord.”
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of 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!”