THEN Jnah prayed t the LORD his God from the fish 's belly.

2 And he said : "I  cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answeredem. " Out of the belly of Sheol I cried , and You heard my voice.

3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surroundeed me ; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

4 Then I said,; I have been cast out of Your sight ; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; the deep closed arond me  ; weeds were wrapped arnd my head.

6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains ; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever ; yet You have brought up my life from  pit , O LORD, my God.

7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remember the LORD; and my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple.

8 "Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy.

9 But I will sacrifice to You with voice of thankgiving ;I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."

10 So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah into dry land. JONAH 2