Jonah 2:2-10 ▼

2 <V 2:3>And he said: “I cried out to the Lord from my tribulation, and he heeded me. From the belly of hell, I cried out, and you heeded my voice.

3 <V 2:4>And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your waves have passed over me.

4 <V 2:5>And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.

5 <V 2:6>The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.

6 <V 2:7>I descended to the base of the mountains. The bars of the earth have enclosed me forever. And you will raise up my life from corruption, Lord, my God.

7 <V 2:8>When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.

8 <V 2:9>Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.

9 <V 2:10>But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”

10 <V 2:11>And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.