Jonah 2

Legacy Standard Bible

“I ^(B)called out of my distress to Yahweh,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the belly of ^(C)Sheol;
You heard my voice.
³ For You had ^(D)cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current surrounded me.
All Your ^(E)breakers and waves passed over me.
⁴ So I said, ‘I have been ^(F)driven away from ^[b]Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(G)toward Your holy temple.’
^5 (H)Water encompassed me to my very soul.
The great ^(I)deep surrounded me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
⁶ I ^(J)went down to the ^[c]base of the mountains.
The earth with its ^(K)bars closed behind me forever,
But You have ^(L)brought up my life from ^[d]the pit, O Yahweh my God.
⁷ While my soul was ^(M)fainting within me,
I ^(N)remembered Yahweh,
And my ^(O)prayer came to You,
To ^(P)Your holy temple.
⁸ Those who ^(Q)regard worthless idols
Forsake their lovingkindness,
⁹ But as for me, I will ^(R)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will ^(S)pay.
^(T)Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”