Jonah 1:17-Jonah 2:10 - Jonah Is Swallowed By A Fish And Prays To Yahweh

¹⁷ Now the Lord had appointed a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish three days and three nights.

¹ Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:

² I called to the Lord in my distress,
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
³ You threw me into the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and the current overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.
⁴ But I said: I have been banished
from Your sight,
yet I will look once more
toward Your holy temple.
⁵ The waters engulfed me up to the neck;
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
⁶ I sank to the foundations of the mountains;
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
⁷ As my life was fading away,
I remembered Yahweh.
My prayer came to You,
to Your holy temple.
⁸ Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
⁹ but as for me, I will sacrifice to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation is from the Lord!

¹⁰ Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.