A Psalm of Thanksgiving | Jonah 2

I called to the LORD out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.

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The Book of Jonah

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A Psalm of Thanksgiving

Jonah 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,

“I called to the LORD out of my distress,

and he answered me;

out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

and you heard my voice.

3 You cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

all your waves and your billows

passed over me.

4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

how shall I look again

upon your holy temple?’

5 The waters closed in over me;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped around my head

6 at the roots of the mountains.

I went down to the land

whose bars closed upon me forever;

yet you brought up my life from the Pit,

O LORD my God.

7 As my life was ebbing away,

I remembered the LORD;

and my prayer came to you,

into your holy temple.

8 Those who worship vain idols

forsake their true loyalty.

9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving

will sacrifice to you;

what I have vowed I will pay.

Deliverance belongs to the LORD!”

10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon the dry land.

1. New Revised Standard Version

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