1 From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:
2 “In my distress, O Lord, I called to you,and you answered me.From deep in the world of the deadI cried for help, and you heard me.
3 You threw me down into the depths,to the very bottom of the sea,where the waters were all round me,and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
4 I thought I had been banished from your presenceand would never see your holy Temple again.
5 The water came over me and choked me;the sea covered me completely,and seaweed was wrapped round my head.
6 I went down to the very roots of the mountains,into the land whose gates lock shut for ever.But you, O Lord my God,brought me back from the depths alive.
7 When I felt my life slipping away,then, O Lord, I prayed to you,and in your holy Temple you heard me.