Jonah 2

¹From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. ²He said:

“In my distress I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,

and you listened to my cry.

³You hurled me into the depths,

into the very heart of the seas,

and the currents swirled about me;

all your waves and breakers

swept over me.

⁴I said, ‘I have been banished

from your sight;

yet I will look again

toward your holy temple.’

⁵The engulfing waters threatened me,

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

⁶To the roots of the mountains I sank down;

the earth beneath barred me in forever.

But you, Lord my God,

brought my life up from the pit.

⁷“When my life was ebbing away,

I remembered you, Lord,

and my prayer rose to you,

to your holy temple.

⁸“Those who cling to worthless idols

turn away from God’s love for them.

⁹But I, with shouts of grateful praise,

will sacrifice to you.

What I have vowed I will make good.

I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’ ”

¹⁰And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.