Jonah 2
2
Jonah's Prayer
1From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God:
2“In my distress, O LORD, I called to you,
and you answered me.
From deep in the world of the dead
I cried for help, and you heard me.
3You threw me down into the depths,
to the very bottom of the sea,
where the waters were all round me,
and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
4I thought I had been banished from your presence
and would never see your holy Temple again.
5The water came over me and choked me;
the sea covered me completely,
and seaweed was wrapped round my head.
6I went down to the very roots of the mountains,
into the land whose gates lock shut for ever.#2.6 the land whose gates lock shut for ever: A reference to the world of the dead (see 2.2).
But you, O LORD my God,
brought me back from the depths alive.
7When I felt my life slipping away,
then, O LORD, I prayed to you,
and in your holy Temple you heard me.
8Those who worship worthless idols
have abandoned their loyalty to you.
9But I will sing praises to you;
I will offer you a sacrifice
and do what I have promised.
Salvation comes from the LORD!”
10Then the LORD ordered the fish to spew Jonah up on the beach, and it did.
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
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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