2:1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
2:2 He said, “When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord. And he answered me. When I was deep in the place of the dead, I called out for help. And you listened to my cry.
2:3 You threw me deep into the Mediterranean Sea. I was deep down in its waters. They were all around me. All your rolling waves were sweeping over me.
2:4 I said, ‘I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’
2:5 I had almost drowned in the waves. The deep waters were all around me. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
2:6 I sank down to the bottom of the mountains. I thought I had died and gone down into the grave forever. But you are the Lord my God. You brought my life up from the very edge of the pit of death.
2:7 “When my life was nearly over, I remembered you, Lord. My prayer rose up to you. It reached you in your holy temple in heaven.
2:8 “Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods. They turn away from God’s love for them.
2:9 But I will sacrifice a thank offering to you. And I will shout with thankful praise. I will do what I have promised. I will say, ‘Lord, you are the one who saves.’ ”
2:10 The Lord gave the fish a command. And it spit Jonah up onto dry land.
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