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Jonah 2

Jonah's Prayer

 1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. 2 He said:
       "In my distress I called to the LORD,
       and he answered me.
       From the depths of the grave ^[a] I called for help,
       and you listened to my cry.  3 You hurled me into the deep,
       into the very heart of the seas,
       and the currents swirled about me;
       all your waves and breakers
       swept over me.  4 I said, 'I have been banished
       from your sight;
       yet I will look again
       toward your holy temple.'  5 The engulfing waters threatened me, ^[b]
       the deep surrounded me;
       seaweed was wrapped around my head.  6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
       the earth beneath barred me in forever.
       But you brought my life up from the pit,
       O LORD my God.  7 "When my life was ebbing away,
       I remembered you, LORD,
       and my prayer rose to you,
       to your holy temple.  8 "Those who cling to worthless idols
       forfeit the grace that could be theirs.  9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving,
       will sacrifice to you.
       What I have vowed I will make good.
       Salvation comes from the LORD."  10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Footnotes: