Jonah 2:1–5

JONAH’S PRAYER

2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:aj

2 I called to the Lord in my distress,ak

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep insideA Sheol;al

you heard my voice.am

3 When you threw me into the depths,an

into the heart of the seas,ao

the currentB overcame me.

All your breakers and your billows swept over me.ap

4 And I said, “I have been banishedaq

from your sight,ar

yet I will look once moreC

toward your holy temple.as

5 The water engulfed me up to the neck;D,at

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.au