5 “I sank beneath the waves,and the waters closed over me.Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.I was imprisoned in the earth,whose gates lock shut forever.But you, O lord my God,snatched me from the jaws of death!
7 As my life was slipping away,I remembered the lord.And my earnest prayer went out to youin your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship false godsturn their backs on all God’s mercies.
9 But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,and I will fulfill all my vows.For my salvation comes from the lord alone.”
10 Then the lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.