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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Jonah 2

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Jonah's Prayer

1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside[a] the fish:(a)

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)

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish,(aa) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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