Jonah 2 · Jonah’s Prayer

1GOD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the fish’s belly three days and three nights.

2Jonah prayed to the ETERNAL his God from the belly of the fish.

3He said:In my trouble I called to GOD,Who answered me;From the belly of Sheol I cried out,And You heard my voice.

4You cast me into the depths,Into the heart of the sea,The floods engulfed me;All Your breakers and billowsSwept over me.

5I thought I was driven awayOut of Your sight:Would I ever gaze againUpon Your holy temple?

6The waters closed in over me,The deep engulfed me.Weeds twined around my head.

7I sank to the base of the mountains;The bars of the earth closed upon me forever.Yet You brought my life up from the pit,My ETERNAL God!

8When my life was ebbing away,I called GOD to mind;And my prayer came before You,Into Your holy temple.

9They who cling to empty follyForsake their own welfare,

10But I, with loud thanksgiving,Will sacrifice to You;What I have vowed I will perform.Deliverance is GOD’s!

11GOD commanded the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon dry land.