Jonah Chapter 2

1 And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. 2 And he said,


"I called to the Lord from my distress
and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol I asked,
and you heard my voice.
3 And you cast me out of the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and current is enveloping me,
all your breakers and your waves passed over me
4 And I will say, 'I am cast out from in front of your eyes;
I shall surely look again to your holy temple.'
5 The waters encompassed me to take my life;
the deep enveloped me,
reeds were bound to my head.
6 I went down at the bottoms of the mountains
to the earth, its bars surrounded me for eternity
but you brought my life up from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 When my soul fainted on me
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came unto you
in your holy temple.
8 From guarding the vapor of emptiness,
their goodness they will forsake
9 And I with a voice of thanksgiving
please let me sacrifice to you,
that which I have vowed let me pay.
Salvation certainly belongs to the Lord!"

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