Jonah 2 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Jonah’s Prayer

Jon 2:1 [fn]Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.

Jon 2:2He said,
“I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,[fn]
and LORD, you heard me!

Jon 2:3

Jon 2:3You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

Jon 2:4

Jon 2:4Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’

Jon 2:5

Jon 2:5“I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

Jon 2:6

Jon 2:6I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!

Jon 2:7

Jon 2:7As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.

Jon 2:8

Jon 2:8Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.

Jon 2:9

Jon 2:9But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”

Jon 2:10

Jon 2:10Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

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NLT Footnotes

(2:1)

Verses 2:1-10 are numbered 2:2-11 in Hebrew text.

(2:2)

Hebrew from Sheol.

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