Jonah // Jonah's Prayer

Jonah 2:1-10 NIV 

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 

2 He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help and you listened to my cry. 

3 You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me. 

4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ 

5 The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 

6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit. 

7 “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 

8 “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. 

9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’” 

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.