17th August 2025 - "Jonah's Prayer" - Jonah 1:17-2:10

Jonah 1:17-2:10 English Standard Version A Great Fish Swallows Jonah 17 [a] And the Lord appointed[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah's Prayer 2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying, “I called out 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 For you cast me into the deep,     into the heart of the seas,     and the flood surrounded me; all your breakers and your waves     passed over me. 4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away     from your sight; yet I shall again look     upon your holy temple.’ 5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;     the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 To 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 When my life was fainting away,     I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you,     into your holy temple. 8 Those who pay regard to vain idols     forsake their hope of steadfast love. 9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving     will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay.     Salvation belongs to the Lord!” 10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. Footnotes Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed