1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish's belly.
2 He said: "In my trouble I called to the LORD, and he answered me; from deep inside Sheol I pleaded for help, and you heard my cry.
3 You had thrown me into the depths, into the heart of the seas; the current wrapped around me; every breaker and wave of yours went over me.
4 I thought, 'I have been banished from before your eyes; still, I will look once more toward your holy temple.'
5 Water engulfed me to the throat; the abyss closed around me; reeds were twisted about my head.
6 I sank to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in for good. But you lifted my life out of the pit, LORD my God.
7 As my life ebbed away, I called the LORD to mind, and my prayer reached you in your holy temple.
8 Those who hold to empty, worthless things abandon their own steadfast love.
9 But I, with a song of thanks, will offer sacrifice to you; I will make good what I vowed. Salvation is from the LORD."
10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it threw Jonah up onto the dry ground.