Jonah’s Prayer

      1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,
2 and he said,
          “I called out of my distress to the LORD,
          And He answered me.
          I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
          You heard my voice.

3 “For You had cast me into the deep,
          Into the heart of the seas,
          And the current engulfed me.
          All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

4 “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.
          Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

5 “Water encompassed me to the point of death.
          The great deep engulfed me,
          Weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 “I descended to the roots of the mountains.
          The earth with its bars was around me forever,
          But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

7 “While I was fainting away,
          I remembered the LORD,
          And my prayer came to You,
          Into Your holy temple.

8 “Those who regard vain idols
          Forsake their faithfulness,

9 But I will sacrifice to You
          With the voice of thanksgiving.
          That which I have vowed I will pay.
          Salvation is from the LORD.”

      10 Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.