Jonah 2 -- Old Testament -- Gospel Daily

Jonah

Chapter 2

Jonah's Prayer from the Fish's Belly

From within the fish's belly, Jonah cries out to the Lord in prayer, recounting his affliction in the depths of the sea and his removal from God's sight. He remembers the Lord and declares that his prayer reaches into God's holy temple. Though his soul is faint, he vows to render sacrifice and offer thanksgiving, knowing that salvation comes from the Lord. The Lord commands the fish, which then vomits Jonah upon the dry land.

Prayer in distressRemembrance of GodThanksgiving and vowsDeliverance

¹Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

²And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

³For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

⁴Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

⁵The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

⁶I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

⁷When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

⁸They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

⁹But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

¹⁰And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.