Jonah 2
:1
2:1
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God from the stomach of the fish,
Jonah 2
:2
2:2
And he said,
I
acalled out because of my distress
To Jehovah, and He answered me;
From the belly of
1bSheol I cried out for help;
You heard my voice.
Jonah 2
:3
2:3
You flung me into the
adepths, into the heart of the sea,
And the flood surrounded me;
bAll Your breakers and Your billows
Passed over me.
Jonah 2
:5
2:5
Water encompassed me,
even to my soul;
The deep surrounded me;
Seaweed was wrapped about my head.
Jonah 2
:6
2:6
To the bottom of the
sea mountains I went down;
The earth
with its bars was around me forever.
Then You
ahave brought up my life from the
1pit,
O Jehovah my God.
Jonah 2
:7
2:7
When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered Jehovah,
And my prayer
acame to You
In Your holy temple.
Jonah 2
:8
2:8
Those who regard empty vanities
Forsake the lovingkindness to them;
Jonah 2
:9
2:9
But I will
asacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
That which I have vowed I will fully pay.
bSalvation is of Jehovah.
Jonah 2
:10
2:10
And Jehovah spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.
