1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
2 Jonah prayed:“I called to the Lord in my distress,and he answered me.From the depths of my ⌊watery⌋ grave I cried for help,and you heard my cry.
3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea,and water surrounded me.All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
4 “Then I thought,‘I have been banished from your sight.Will I ever see your holy temple again?’