Jonah 2 Christian Standard Bible

Jonah’s Prayer

2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:^(A)

²I called to the Lord in my distress,^(B)
and he answered me.
I cried out for help from deep inside^[a] Sheol;^(C)
you heard my voice.^(D)
³When you threw me into the depths,^(E)
into the heart of the seas,^(F)
the current^[b] overcame me.
All your breakers and your billows swept over me.^(G)
⁴And I said, “I have been banished^(H)
from your sight,^(I)
yet I will look^[c] once more
toward your holy temple.”^(J)
⁵The water engulfed me up to the neck;^[d]^(K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(L)
⁶I sank to the foundations of the mountains,^(M)
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!^(N)
Then you raised my life^(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!^(P)
⁷As my life was fading away,^(Q)
I remembered the Lord,^(R)
and my prayer came to you,^(S)
to your holy temple.^(T)
⁸Those who cherish worthless idols^(U)
abandon their faithful love,^(V)
⁹but as for me, I will sacrifice^(W) to you
with a voice of thanksgiving.^(X)
I will fulfill^(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation^[e] belongs to the Lord.^(Z)

¹⁰Then the Lord commanded the fish,^(AA) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

2:2 Lit from the stomach of
2:3 Lit river
2:4 LXX reads sight. Will I look...?
2:5 Or me, threatening my life
2:9 Or Deliverance

Cross references

2:1 : Jb 13:15; Ps 130:1–2; Lm 3:53–56
2:2 : 1Sm 30:6; Ps 18:4–6; 22:24; 120:1
2:2 : Ps 18:5–6; 86:13; 88:1–7; Is 28:15; 38:18
2:2 : Ps 34:7
2:3 : Ps 69:1–2,14–15; Lm 3:54
2:3 : Neh 9:11
2:3 : Ps 42:7
2:4 : Lv 21:7
2:4 : Ps 31:22–23; Jr 7:15
2:4 : 1Kg 8:38; 2Ch 6:38; Ps 5:7; 138:2
2:5 : Ps 69:1–2; 105:18; Pr 23:2; Lm 3:54
2:5 : Ps 18:4–5
2:6 : Ps 116:3
2:6 : Jb 38:10; Ps 9:13; Is 38:10; Mt 16:18
2:6 : Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:17
2:6 : Ps 30:3; 86:13
2:7 : Ps 142:3
2:7 : 2Sm 14:11; Ps 77:10–11; 143:5
2:7 : 2Ch 30:27; Ps 18:6
2:7 : Ps 11:4; 65:4; 88:2; Mc 1:2; Hab 2:20
2:8 : 2Kg 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jr 16:18
2:8 : Ps 31:6
2:9 : Ps 50:14,23; Jr 33:11; Hs 14:2
2:9 : Ps 26:7
2:9 : Jb 22:27; Ps 22:25; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4–5
2:9 : Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; 45:17; Rv 7:10
2:10 : Jnh 1:17

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