Jonah 2

1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach. 2He said,

“I called out to Yahweh about my distress

and he answered me;

from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help!

You heard my voice.

3You had thrown me into the depths, into the heart of the seas,

and the currents surrounded me;

all your waves and billows

passed over me.

4I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes;

yet I will again look toward your holy temple.'

5The waters closed around me up to my neck;

the deep was all around me;

seaweed wrapped around my head.

6I went down to the bases of the mountains;

the earth with its bars closed upon me forever.

Yet you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God!

7When my soul fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind;

then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

8They give attention to useless gods

while they forsake loving faithfulness.

9But as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving;

I will fulfill that which I have vowed.

Salvation comes from Yahweh!”

10Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.