Jonah Chapter 2

¹ Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s stomach,

            ² “I called to you in my distress,

                        and you answered me;

                  I cried out for help from the belly of Sheol,

                        and you heard me.

            ³ You threw me into the deep,

                        into the heart of the sea;

      the current swirled over me;

your waves and breakers overwhelmed me.

⁴ So I said, ‘I’ve been driven away from you,

            but I’ll still look toward your holy Temple.’  Jon 1:17-2:4

                                    ⁵Water closed in over me;

            the great deep surrounded me;

            seaweed wrapped around my head.

⁶ I sank down to the base of the mountains;

            the earth imprisoned me forever,

      but you brought me up from the Pit,

            LORD my God.

⁷ As my life was fading away,

            I remembered you

            and prayed to you in your holy Temple.

⁸ Those who pay respects to pointless idols

            forfeit your faithfulness,

         ⁹but I’ll sacrifice to you with thanksgiving.

I’ll do what I’ve vowed;

      salvation comes from you.’”

¹⁰ Then the LORD had the fish cough Jonah up onto the shore.                                            Jon 2:5-10