Jonah

Jonah Prays

¹Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish ²and said, “I called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. ³You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me;all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. ⁴I thought I had been banished from your sight,that I would never again see your holy temple! ⁵Water engulfed me up to my neck;the deep ocean surrounded me;seaweed was wrapped around my head. ⁶I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains;the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever;but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God. ⁷When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord,and my prayer came to your holy temple. ⁸Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. ⁹But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised.Salvation belongs to the Lord!” ¹⁰Then the Lord commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.