1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish
2 and said, “I called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.
3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me;all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
4 I thought I had been banished from your sight,that I would never again see your holy temple!
5 Water engulfed me up to my neck;the deep ocean surrounded me;seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains;the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever;but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.