Jonah 2

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[i][ii][iii]¹Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish,

² and he said,

“I called out of my distress to Yahweh,

And He answered me.

I cried for help from the belly of Sheol;

You heard my voice.

³ “For You had cast me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the current surrounded me.

All Your breakers and waves passed over me.

⁴ “So I said, ‘I have been driven away from Your sight.

Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

⁵ “Water encompassed me to my very soul.

The great deep surrounded me,

Weeds were wrapped around my head.

⁶ “I went down to the base of the mountains.

The earth with its bars closed behind me forever,

But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Yahweh my God.

⁷ “While my soul was fainting within me,

I remembered Yahweh,

And my prayer came to You,

To Your holy temple.

⁸ “Those who regard worthless idols

Forsake their lovingkindness,

⁹ But as for me, I will sacrifice to You

With the voice of thanksgiving.

That which I have vowed I will pay.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

¹⁰ Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

[ii] Jonah 2, Jonah — part 3 (Pursuing God’s Heart Yourself) – Peter Mead – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5KPHK_Jt2E