Jonah 2

Jonah's Prayer 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 head 6   at 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.