Jonah 2

2And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish ²and said,

“I called from my distress^a to Yahweh,

and he answered me;

from the belly of Sheol^b I cried for help—

you heard my voice.

³And you threw me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the sea currents surrounded me;

all your breakers and your surging waves

passed over me.

⁴And I said, ‘I am banished^c

from your sight;

how^d will I continue to look^e

on your holy temple?’^f

⁵The waters encompassed me up to my neck;

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

⁶I went down to the foundations of the mountains;

the Underworld—its bars were around me forever.

But you brought up my life from the pit,

Yahweh my God.

⁷When my life was ebbing away from me,

I remembered Yahweh,

and my prayer came to you,

to your holy temple.^g

⁸Those who worship vain idols

forsake their loyal love.^h

⁹But I, with a voice of thanksgiving,

will sacrifice to you;

I will fulfill what I have vowed.

Deliveranceⁱ belongs to Yahweh!”

¹⁰And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.