| 1 | Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly, |
| 2 | And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. |
| 3 | For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. |
| 4 | Then I said, I have been cast out of Your presence
and
Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. |
| 5 | The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head. |
| 6 | I went down to the bottoms
and
the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit
and
corruption, O Lord my God. |
| 7 | When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly
and
seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple. |
| 8 | Those who pay regard to false, useless,
and
worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy
and
loving-kindness. |
| 9 | But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation
and
deliverance belong to the Lord! |
| 10 | And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. |
Cross references:
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Jonah 2:2 : Ps. 120:1; 130:1; 142:1; Lam. 3:55-58.
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Jonah 2:3 : Ps. 42:7.
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Jonah 2:4 : Ps. 31:22.
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Jonah 2:5 : Ps. 69:1; Lam. 3:54.
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