Jonah 2
Jonah’s Prayer
21Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God afrom the stomach of the fish, 2and he said, “I acalled out of my distress to Yahweh,And He answered me.I cried for help from the belly of bSheol;You heard my voice.
3“For You had acast me into the deep,Into the heart of the seas,And the current surrounded me.All Your bbreakers and waves passed over me.4“So I said, ‘I have been adriven away from 1Your sight.Nevertheless I will look again btoward Your holy temple.’5“aWater encompassed me to my very soul.The great bdeep surrounded me,Weeds were wrapped around my head.6“I awent down to the 1base of the mountains.The earth with its bbars closed behind me forever,But You have cbrought up my life from 2the pit, O Yahweh my God.7“While my soul was afainting within me,I bremembered Yahweh,And my cprayer came to You,To dYour holy temple.8“Those who aregard worthless idolsForsake their lovingkindness,9But as for me, I will asacrifice to YouWith the voice of thanksgiving.That which I have vowed I will bpay.cSalvation belongs to Yahweh.”10Then Yahweh spoke to the afish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.