Jonah 2:1–10

2Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. ²And he said:

“I ^acried out to the Lord because of my affliction,

^bAnd He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

And You heard my voice.

^3cFor You cast me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the floods surrounded me;

^dAll Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

^4eThen I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;

Yet I will look again ^ftoward Your holy temple.’

⁵The ^gwaters surrounded me, even to my soul;

The deep closed around me;

Weeds were wrapped around my head.

⁶I went down to the ¹moorings of the mountains;

The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;

Yet You have brought up my ^hlife from the pit,

O Lord, my God.

⁷“When my soul fainted within me,

I remembered the Lord;

ⁱAnd my prayer went up to You,

Into Your holy temple.

⁸“Those who regard ^jworthless idols

Forsake their own ²Mercy.

⁹But I will ^ksacrifice to You

With the voice of thanksgiving;

I will pay what I have ^lvowed.

^mSalvation is of the ⁿLord.”

¹⁰So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.