Jonah’s Prayer
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,
2 and he said, “I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I called for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.
3 “For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
4 “So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
5 “Water encompassed me to the point of death. The deep flowed around me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 “I descended to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.
7 “While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 “Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,
9 But I will sacrifice to You With a voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord.”
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.