Jonah 2

¹Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish ,

²saying , I called out to the Lord, out of my distress , and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried , and you heard my voice .

³For you cast me into the deep , into the heart of the seas , and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.

⁴Then I said , I am driven away from your sight ; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple .

⁵The waters closed in over me to take my life ; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head

⁶at the roots of the mountains . I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever ; yet you brought up my life from the pit , O Lord my God .

⁷When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple .

⁸Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love .

⁹But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay . Salvation belongs to the Lord!

¹⁰And the Lord spoke to the fish , and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.