THEN Jonah prayed to 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 answered me. "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 around me; weeds were wrapped around 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 onto dry land. JONAH 2