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Jonas var i Fiskens Bug tre Dage og tre Nætter. Da bad Jonas i Fiskens Bug til Herren sin Gud

og sagde: Jeg råbte i Nøden til Herren, og han svarede mig; jeg skreg fra Dødsrigets Skød, og du hørte min Røst. Du kasted mig i Dybet midt i Havet, Strømmen omgav mig; alle dine Brændinger og Bølger skyllede over mig. Jeg tænkte: "Bort er jeg stødt fra dine Øjne, aldrig mer skal jeg skue dit hellige Tempel." Vandene trued min Sjæl, Dybet omgav mig, Tang var viklet om mit Hoved; til Bjergenes Rødder steg jeg ned, til Jordens Slåer, de evige Grundvolde; da drog du mit Liv op af Graven, Herre min Gud. Da min Sjæl vansmægtede i mig, kom jeg Herren i Hu, og min Bøn steg op til dig i dit hellige Tempel. De, der dyrker det tomme Gøgl, lader Gudsfrygt fare; 10 men jeg vil bringe dig Ofre med Lovsangs Toner og indfri de Løfter, jeg gav. Hos Herren er Frelse.

11 Så talede Herren til Fisken, og den spyede Jonas ud på det tørre Land.

Jonah’s Prayer

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside[a] the fish:(A)

I called to the Lord in my distress,(B)
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;(C)
You heard my voice.(D)
You threw me into the depths,(E)
into the heart of the seas,(F)
and the current[b] overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.(G)
But I said: I have been banished(H)
from Your sight,(I)
yet I will look once more[c]
toward Your holy temple.(J)
The waters engulfed me up to the neck;[d](K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(L)
I sank to the foundations of the mountains;(M)
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!(N)
But You raised my life(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!(P)
As my life was fading away,(Q)
I remembered Yahweh.(R)
My prayer came to You,(S)
to Your holy temple.(T)
Those who cling to worthless idols(U)
forsake faithful love,(V)
but as for me, I will sacrifice(W) to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.(X)
I will fulfill(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation[e] is from the Lord!(Z)

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish,(AA) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 Lit from the belly of
  2. Jonah 2:3 Lit river
  3. Jonah 2:4 LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?
  4. Jonah 2:5 Or me, threatening my life
  5. Jonah 2:9 Or Deliverance