Chapter 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD , his God , out of the fish ’s belly .
2 He said, " I called because of my affliction to the LORD . He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me . All your waves and your billows passed over me .
4 I said, ‘ I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again towards your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me , even to the soul. The deep was around me . The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever ; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
7 " When my soul fainted within me , I remembered the LORD . My prayer came in to you , into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy .
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD ."
10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.