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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 stomach of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach 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.
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.
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 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.
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.’
“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.’
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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
Forsake their faithfulness,
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 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.”