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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,
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.
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.
“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, ‘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.’
“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.’
“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.
“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 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!
“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.
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.
“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 worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
Forsake their faithfulness,
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.”
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.”