Jonah 1:17-2:10

Christian Standard Bible

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)