Jonah 2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² I called to the Lord in my distress,^(B)
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;^(C)
You heard my voice.^(D)
3 You threw me into the depths,^(E)
into the heart of the seas,^(F)
and the current^[b] overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.^(G)
4 But I said: I have been banished^(H)
from Your sight,^(I)
yet I will look once more^[c]
toward Your holy temple.^(J)
5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck;^[d](K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(L)
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains;^(M)
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!^(N)
But You raised my life^(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!^(P)
7 As my life was fading away,^(Q)
I remembered Yahweh.^(R)
My prayer came to You,^(S)
to Your holy temple.^(T)
8 Those who cling to worthless idols^(U)
forsake faithful love,^(V)
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice^(W) to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.^(X)
I will fulfill^(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation^[e] is from the Lord!^(Z)