Jonah 2
Jonah prays to God from inside the fish, acknowledging God's power and thanking Him for saving his life from the depths of the sea. He recalls his distress and how God heard his cry for help, and he vows to make a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God. Jonah contrasts his faithfulness with those who worship idols and forsake God's love. The Lord then commands the fish to vomit Jonah out onto dry land.
1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,2saying, "I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.4Then I said, 'I am driven away from your sight; Yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'5The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head6at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.7When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!"10And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
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