Jonah 2
New King James Version

Jonah’s Prayer and God’s Answer

2 Then Jonah prayed to theLordhis God from the fish’s belly.²And he said:

“I^(A)cried out to theLordbecause of my affliction,
^(B)And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
AndYou heard my voice.
³^(C)For You cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
^(D)All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
⁴^(E)Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again^(F)toward Your holy temple.’
⁵The^(G)waters surrounded me,evento my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
⁶I went down to the^[a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its barsclosedbehind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my^(H)life from the pit,
OLord, my God.

⁷“When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered theLord;
^(I)And my prayer wentupto You,
Into Your holy temple.

⁸“Those who regard^(J)worthless idols
Forsake their own^[b]Mercy.
⁹But I will^(K)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have^(L)vowed.
^(M)Salvationisof the^(N)Lord.”