Jonah 2: 1-10

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, saying:

I called out to the LORD, out of my distress

He answered me; out of the belly of Sheol

I cried, and you heard my voice

For you cast me into the deep into the heart of the seas

The flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.

Then I said:

I am driven away from your sight

Yet I shall again look upon your holy temple

The waters closed in over me to take my life

The deep surrounded me

Weeds were wrapped about my head 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:

When my life was fainting away

I remembered the LORD

My prayer came to you into your holy temple

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love

But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you

What I have vowed I will pay

Salvation belongs to the LORD

And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.