2
1 Then
Jonah prayed to
the LORD, his
God, out of
the fish’s belly.
2 He said,
“I called because
of my affliction
to the LORD.
He answered me.
Out of the belly
of Sheol
I cried.
You heard my voice.
3 For
you threw me into
the depths,
in the heart
of the seas.
The flood was
all around me.
All your waves
and your billows
passed over me.
4 I said, ‘I
have been banished
from your sight;
yet I will look
again toward
your holy temple.’
5 The waters
surrounded me,
even to the soul.
The deep was around me.
The weeds were wrapped around
my head.
6 I
went down to
the bottoms of
the mountains.
The earth barred me
in forever;
yet you have
brought my life
up from the pit,
LORD my God.
7 “When
my soul fainted within
me, I remembered
the LORD.
My prayer came in
to you, into
your holy temple.
8 Those
who regard vain idols forsake
their own mercy.
9 But I
will sacrifice to
you with the voice
of thanksgiving.
I will pay that
which I have vowed.
Salvation belongs to the
LORD.”
10 Then
the LORD spoke to
the fish, and
it vomited out Jonah on
the dry land.