Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish's belly.
2 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
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. (Sheol h7585)
3 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your breakers and waves passed over me.
4 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
5 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
The waters surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep was around me. The end is upon my head.
6 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.
7 When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
Those who regard worthless things forsake their faithfulness.
9 But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
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 And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
The LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
