Jonah 2
2
Jonah’s Prayer
1While Jonah was in the stomach of the fish, he prayed to the Lord his God. He said,
2“I was in very bad trouble.
I called to the Lord for help,
and he answered me.
I was deep in the grave.
I cried to you,
and you heard my voice.
3“You threw me into the sea.
Your powerful waves splashed over me.
I went down, down into the deep sea.
The water was all around me.
4Then I thought, ‘Now I must go where you cannot see me,’
but I continued looking to your holy Temple for help.
5“The seawater closed over me.
The water covered my mouth,
and I could not breathe.#2:5 mouth, and I could not breathe Or “The water surrounded me to my soul.” The Hebrew word for soul also means “life,” “self,” or “appetite,” and “throat” or “mouth.”
I went down, down into the deep sea.
Seaweed wrapped around my head.
6I was at the bottom of the sea,
the place where the mountains begin.
I thought I was locked in this prison forever,
but the Lord my God took me out of my grave.
God, you gave me life again!
7“My soul gave up all hope,
but then I remembered the Lord.
I prayed to you,
and you heard my prayers in your holy Temple.
8“Some people worship useless idols,
but those statues never help them.#2:8 Or “People who worship useless things have left the one who is kind to them.”
9I will give sacrifices to you,
and I will praise and thank you.
I will make special promises to you,
and I will do what I promise.”
Salvation only comes from the Lord!
10Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out of its stomach onto the dry land.
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Jonah 2
2
Jonah’s Prayer
1Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside # Lit from the belly of the fish: # Jb 13:15; Ps 130:1-2; Lm 3:53-56
2I called to the Lord in my distress, # 1Sm 30:6; Ps 18:4-6; 22:24; 120:1
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; # Ps 18:5-6; 86:13; 88:1-7; Is 28:15; 38:18
You heard my voice. # Ps 34:7
3You threw me into the depths, # Ps 69:1-2,14-15; Lm 3:54
into the heart of the seas, # Neh 9:11
and the current # Lit river overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me. # Ps 42:7
4But I said: I have been banished # Lv 21:7
from Your sight, # Ps 31:22-23; Jr 7:15
yet I will look once more # LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?
toward Your holy temple. # 1Kg 8:38; 2Ch 6:38; Ps 5:7; 138:2
5The waters engulfed me up to the neck; # Or me, threatening my life # Ps 69:1-2; 105:18; Pr 23:2; Lm 3:54
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head. # Ps 18:4-5
6I sank to the foundations of the mountains; # Ps 116:3
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! # Jb 38:10; Ps 9:13; Is 38:10; Mt 16:18
But You raised my life # Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:17 from the Pit, Lord my God! # Ps 30:3; 86:13
7As my life was fading away, # Ps 142:3
I remembered Yahweh. # 2Sm 14:11; Ps 77:10-11; 143:5
My prayer came to You, # 2Ch 30:27; Ps 18:6
to Your holy temple. # Ps 11:4; 65:4; 88:2; Mc 1:2; Hab 2:20
8Those who cling to worthless idols # 2Kg 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jr 16:18
forsake faithful love, # Ps 31:6
9but as for me, I will sacrifice # Ps 50:14,23; Jr 33:11; Hs 14:2 to You
with a voice of thanksgiving. # Ps 26:7
I will fulfill # Jb 22:27; Ps 22:25; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4-5 what I have vowed.
Salvation # Or Deliverance is from the Lord! # Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; 45:17; Rv 7:10
10Then the Lord commanded the fish, # Jnh 1:17 and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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