Jonah 2

And Jonah prayed to God his God from the abdomen of the fish.

And he said, “I cried out to God from my distress, and he answered me. From the belly of Sheol I cried out; you heard my voice. \* 3 Now you had cast me {to} the deep, into the heart of the seas, and a current surrounded me; all your billows and your waves passed over me. 4 But I, I said, ‘I have been driven out from before your eyes; yet I might again look toward the temple of your holiness.’ \* 5 Water had closed around me even as far as life, the deep was surrounding me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I had gone down to the bases of the mountains. The earth, its bars {were} around me forever, but you brought up my life from the pit, God, my God! \* 7 When my life fainted upon me, I remembered God and my prayer came to you, to the temple of your holiness. 8 Those who give attention to vanities of worthlessness forsake their covenant faithfulness. \* 9 But I, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation belongs to God!”

And God spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land. \*