Jonah 2

¹While Jonah was in the stomach of the fish, he prayed to the Lord his God. Jonah said,

²“I was in danger.

So 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.

I went down, down into the deep sea.

The water was all around me.

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 over me.

I was about to die.

The deep sea was all around me.

Seaweed wrapped around my head.

⁶I 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 death,

Lord my God.

⁷“When my life had almost gone,

I remembered the Lord.

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.

⁹Lord, I will praise and thank you

while I give sacrifices to you.

I will make promises to you.

And I will do what I promise.

Salvation comes from the Lord!”

¹⁰Then the Lord spoke to the fish. And the fish spit Jonah out of its stomach onto the dry land.