The Book of Jonah – Part 3

¹⁷  And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2  Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
    ²  saying,“I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,    and he answered me;out of the belly of Sheol I cried,    and you heard my voice.³  For you cast me into the deep,    into the heart of the seas,and the flood surrounded me;    all your waves and your billowspassed over me.    ⁴  Then I said, ‘I am driven awayfrom your sight;    yet I shall again lookupon your holy temple.’    ⁵  The waters closed in over me to take my life;the deep surrounded me;    weeds were wrapped about my head⁶  at the roots of the mountains.    I went down to the landwhose bars closed upon me forever;    yet you brought up my life from the pit,O LORD my God.    ⁷  When my life was fainting away,I remembered the LORD,    and my prayer came to you,into your holy temple.    ⁸  Those who pay regard to vain idolsforsake their hope of steadfast love.    ⁹  But I with the voice of thanksgivingwill sacrifice to you;    what I have vowed I will pay.Salvation belongs to the LORD!”    
¹⁰  And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.