Jonah 2
Jonah’s Prayer
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,2 saying:
“In my distress I called to the LORD,
2 and He answered me.
From the belly of Sheol I called for help,
2 and You heard my voice.
3 For You cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
3 and the current swirled about me;
all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
4 At this, I said,
‘I have been banished from Your sight;
4 yet I will look once more
toward Your holy temple.’
5 The waters engulfed me
to take my life;
5 the watery depths closed around me;
the seaweed wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I descended;
the earth beneath me barred me in forever!
6 But You raised my life from the pit,
O LORD my God!
7 As my life was fading away,
I remembered the LORD.
7 My prayer went up to You,
to Your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake His loving devotion.
9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving,
will sacrifice to You.
9 I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation is from the LORD!”
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.