Jonah 2

¹Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish²and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.³You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.⁴I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!⁵Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.⁶I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.⁷When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.⁸Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.⁹But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the LORD!”¹⁰Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.