Jonah 1:17-2:10
Christian Standard Bible
17 The Lord appointed a great fish(A) to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.(B)
Jonah’s Prayer
2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:(C)
2 I called to the Lord in my distress,(D)
and he answered me.
I cried out for help from deep inside[a] Sheol;(E)
you heard my voice.(F)
3 When you threw me into the depths,(G)
into the heart of the seas,(H)
the current[b] overcame me.
All your breakers and your billows swept over me.(I)
4 And I said, “I have been banished(J)
from your sight,(K)
yet I will look[c] once more
toward your holy temple.”(L)
5 The water engulfed me up to the neck;[d](M)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(N)
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains,(O)
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!(P)
Then you raised my life(Q) from the Pit, Lord my God!(R)
7 As my life was fading away,(S)
I remembered the Lord,(T)
and my prayer came to you,(U)
to your holy temple.(V)
8 Those who cherish worthless idols(W)
abandon their faithful love,(X)
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice(Y) to you
with a voice of thanksgiving.(Z)
I will fulfill(AA) what I have vowed.
Salvation[e] belongs to the Lord.(AB)
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish,(AC) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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