Jonah 2

2While Jonah was inside the fish, he prayed to the Lord his God and said,

²“When I was in danger,

I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

I was about to die,

so I cried to you,

and you heard my voice.

³You threw me into the sea,

down, down into the deep sea.

The water was all around me,

and your powerful waves flowed over me.

⁴I said, ‘I was driven out of your presence,

but I hope to see your Holy Temple again.’

⁵The waters of the sea closed around my throat.

The deep sea was all around me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

⁶When I went down to where the mountains of the sea start to rise,

I thought I was locked in this prison forever,

but you saved me from the pit of death,

Lord my God.

⁷“When my life had almost gone,

I remembered the Lord.

I prayed to you,

and you heard my prayers in your Holy Temple.

⁸“People who worship useless idols

give up their loyalty to you.

⁹But I will praise and thank you

while I give sacrifices to you,

and I will keep my promises to you.

Salvation comes from the Lord!”

¹⁰Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and the fish threw up Jonah onto the dry land.