Jonah 2
Jonah's Prayer
1 [1] Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.
2 He said,
"I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,
[2] and LORD, you heard me!
3 You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, `O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
5 "I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 "I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, snatched me from the jaws of death!"
7 As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God's mercies.
9 "But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the LORD alone."
10 Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
