Jonah 2:1-6 ▼

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

2 Out of my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me; From the womb of Sheol I cried for help, and you heard my voice.

3 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, and the flood enveloped me; All your breakers and your billows passed over me.

4 Then I said, “I am banished from your sight! How will I again look upon your holy temple?”

5 The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head.

6 I went down to the roots of the mountains; to the land whose bars closed behind me forever, But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD, my God.