2:1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2:2 Jonah prayed: "I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my [watery] grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.
2:3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
2:4 "Then I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?'
2:5 "Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep [sea] covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
2:6 I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O LORD, my God.
2:7 "As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came to you in your holy temple.
2:8 Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty [to you].
2:9 But I will sacrifice to you with songs of thanksgiving. I will keep my vow. Victory belongs to the LORD!"
2:10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore.
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