^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 the depths of the grave [1] I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

^3. You hurled me into the deep, 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, [2] 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 brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.

^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 forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

^9. But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."

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