1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.
2 And he said: “I 1 Sam. 30:6; Ps. 120:1; Lam. 3:55 cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, Ps. 65:2 And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
3 Ps. 88:6 For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; Ps. 42:7 All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
4 Ps. 31:22; Jer. 7:15 Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again 1 Kin. 8:38;2 Chr. 6:38; Ps. 5:7 toward Your holy temple.’
5 The Ps. 69:1; Lam. 3:54 waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my Job 33:28; (Ps. 16:10; Is. 38:17) life from the pit, O Lord , my God.
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord ; 2 Chr. 30:27; Ps. 18:6 And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 “Those who regard 2 Kin. 17:15; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 10:8 worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
9 But I will Ps. 50:14, 23; Jer. 33:11; Hos. 14:2 sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have Job 22:27; (Eccl. 5:4, 5) vowed. Ps. 3:8; (Is. 45:17) Salvation is of the (Jer. 3:23) Lord .”
10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.