Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:
“In my great trouble I cried to the Lord and He answered me; from the depths of death I called, and Lord, You heard me!
3 You threw me into the ocean depths: I sank down into the floods of waters and was covered by Your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, ‘Oh Lord, You have rejected me and cast me away. How shall I ever again see Your holy temple?’
5 I sank beneath the waves, and death was very near. The waters closed above me; the seaweed wrapped it-self around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains that rise from off the ocean floor. I was locked out of life and imprisoned in the land of death. But, oh Lord my God, You have snatched me from the yawning jaws of death!
7 When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the Lord. And my earnest prayer went to You in Your holy temple.
8 (Those who worship false gods have turned their backs on all the mercies waiting for them from the Lord!)
9 I will never worship anyone but You! For how Can I thank You enough for all You have done? I will surely fulfill my promises. For my deliverance comes from the Lord alone.”
10 And the Lord ordered the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach, and it did.
