Jonah 1:17-2:10

New King James Version:

Jonah’s Prayer and Deliverance

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah’s Prayer and God’s Answer

2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. 2 And he said:

“I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,

And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

And You heard my voice.

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For You cast me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the floods surrounded me;

All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

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Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;

Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

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The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;

The deep closed around me;

Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;

The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;

Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,

O Lord, my God.

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“When my soul fainted within me,

I remembered the Lord;

And my prayer went up to You,

Into Your holy temple.

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“Those who regard worthless idols

Forsake their own [b]Mercy.

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But I will sacrifice to You

With the voice of thanksgiving;

I will pay what I have vowed.

Salvation is of the Lord.”