Jonah 1:13-2:5

New American Standard Bible

¹³However, the men ^[a]rowed desperately to return to land, but they could not, because the sea was becoming even stormier against them. ¹⁴Then they cried out to the ^(A)Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life, and do not put innocent blood on us; for ^(B)You, Lord, have done as You pleased.”

¹⁵So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ^(C)stopped its raging. ¹⁶Then the men became extremely afraid of the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made ^(D)vows.

¹⁷^[b]And the Lord designated a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the ^(E)stomach of the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah’s Prayer

2 ^[c]Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God ^(F)from the stomach of the fish, ²and he said,

“I ^(G)called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I called for help from the ^[d]depth of ^(H)Sheol;
You heard my voice.
³For You ^(I)threw me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current flowed around me.
All Your ^(J)breakers and waves passed over me.
⁴So I said, ‘I have been ^(K)cast out ^[e]of Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(L)toward Your holy temple.’
⁵^(M)Water encompassed me to the ^[f]point of death.
The ^(N)deep flowed around me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.