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Jonah's Prayer

¹ Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God ^(C1)from the stomach of the fish,² and said,

"I ^(C1)called out of my trouble and distress to the LORD,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of ^(C2)Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice. ^(VR1)

³ "For You ^(C1)cast me into the deep,
Into the deep heart of the seas,
And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;
All Your ^(C2)breakers and billowing waves passed over me. ^(VR1)

⁴ "Then I said, 'I have been ^(C1)cast out of Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(C2)toward Your holy temple.' ^(VR1)

⁵ "The ^(C1)waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The ^(C2)great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head. ^(VR1)

⁶ "I ^(C1)descended to the very roots of the mountains.
The earth with its ^(C2)bars closed behind me bolting me in forever,
Yet You have ^(C3)brought up my life from the pit (death), O LORD my God.

⁷ "When my soul was ^(C1)fainting within me,
I ^(C2)remembered the LORD,
And my ^(C3)prayer came to You,
Into ^(C4)Your holy temple.

⁸ "Those who ^(C1)regard and follow worthless idols
^(F1)Turn away from their living source of mercy and lovingkindness.

⁹ "But as for me, I will ^(C1)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I shall ^(C2)pay that which I have vowed.
^(C3)Salvation is from the LORD!"

¹⁰ So the LORD commanded the ^(C1)fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.