1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish.
2 He said,“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble,and he answered me.I called to you from the land of the dead,and Lord, you heard me!
3 You threw me into the ocean depths,and I sank down to the heart of the sea.The mighty waters engulfed me;I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
5 “I sank beneath the waves,and the waters closed over me.Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.I was imprisoned in the earth,whose gates lock shut forever.But you, O Lord my God,snatched me from the jaws of death!
7 As my life was slipping away,I remembered the Lord.And my earnest prayer went out to youin your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship false godsturn their backs on all God’s mercies.
9 But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,and I will fulfill all my vows.For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.”
10 Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.