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Jonah’s Prayer for Deliverance

[a]Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the sea creature. He said:

“I called out to the Lord from the midst of affliction directed at me,[b]
    and he answered me.
From the depths[c] of death[d] I cried out for help;
    and you heard my cry.[e]
You cast me into the deep—
    into the heart of the sea.
Flood waters engulfed me.
    All your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 2:1 is 2:2 in MT, 2:2 is 2:3 in MT, and so through vs. 10
  2. Jonah 2:2 Lit. affliction to me
  3. Jonah 2:2 Lit. belly
  4. Jonah 2:2 Heb. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
  5. Jonah 2:2 Or voice