Jonah 2:

1. From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2. He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD , and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3. You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4. I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
5. The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6. To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.
7. "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD , and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8. "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
9. But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD ."
10. And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.