2:1 *From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. / *In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
2:2 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.
2:3 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.
2:4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
2:5 The engulfing waters threatened me,* the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. / *Or waters were at my throat
2:6 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.
2:7 “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
2:9 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.’”
2:10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.