Jonah’s Prayer

2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside p the fish: q

2 I called to the Lord in my distress, r

and He answered me.

I cried out for help in the belly of * Sheol; s

You heard my voice. t

3 You threw me into the depths, u

into the heart of the seas, v

and the current w overcame me.

All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me. x

4 But I said: I have been banished y

from Your sight, z

yet I will look once more a

toward Your holy temple. b

5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck; c d

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head. e

6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains; f

the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! g

But You raised my life h from the * Pit, Lord my God! i

7 As my life was fading away, j

I remembered * Yahweh. k

My prayer came to You, l

to Your holy temple. m

8 Those who cling to worthless idols n

forsake faithful love, o

9 but as for me, I will sacrifice p to You

with a voice of thanksgiving. q

I will fulfill r what I have vowed.

Salvation s is from the Lord! t

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, u and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.