Jonah 2

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,

2 and said, “I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.

5 “The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6 “I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.

7 “When my soul was fainting within me,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.

8 “Those who regard and follow worthless idols
Forsake or turn away from their [living source of] mercy and lovingkindness.

9 “But [as for me], I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I shall pay that which I have vowed.
Salvation is from the Lord!”