Jonah’s Prayer
Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God afrom the stomach of the fish, 2 and he said,
“I acalled out of my distress to Yahweh,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the belly of bSheol;
You heard my voice.
3 For You had acast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current surrounded me.
All Your bbreakers and waves passed over me.
4 So I said, ‘I have been adriven away from Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again btoward Your holy temple.’
5 aWater encompassed me to my very soul.
The great bdeep surrounded me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I awent down to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its bbars closed behind me forever,
But You have cbrought up my life from the pit, O Yahweh my God.
7 While my soul was afainting within me,
I bremembered Yahweh,
And my cprayer came to You,
To dYour holy temple.
8 Those who aregard worthless idols
Forsake their lovingkindness,
9 But as for me, I will asacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will bpay.
cSalvation belongs to Yahweh.”
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the afish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.