<< Jonah 2 >> New American Standard Bible © Jonah’s Prayer 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish, 2 and he said,  “I called out of my distress to the LORD,  And He answered me.  I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;  You heard my voice. 3 “For You had cast me into the deep,  Into the heart of the seas,  And the current engulfed me.  All Your breakers and billows passed over me. 4 “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.  Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ 5 “Water encompassed me to the point of death.  The great deep engulfed me,  Weeds were wrapped around my head. 6 “I descended to the roots of the mountains.  The earth with its bars was around me forever,  But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. 7 “While I was fainting away,  I remembered the LORD,  And my prayer came to You,  Into Your holy temple. 8 “Those who regard vain idols  Forsake their faithfulness, 9 But I will sacrifice to You  With the voice of thanksgiving.  That which I have vowed I will pay.  Salvation is from the LORD.” 10 Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. Online Parallel Bible