Jonah in the Deep
From inside the fish Jonah prays like a drowned man, seaweed around his head and the earth's gates shut behind him, thanking our Father for bringing his life up from the pit. He vows to pay what he promised, and the fish spits him onto dry land.
2 1Then Jonah prayed to our Father from inside the fish: 2In my distress I called to my Father, and he answered me; from the grave's belly I cried for help, and you heard my voice. 3You hurled me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents swirled around me; all your breakers and your waves swept over me. 4Then I said, 'I have been driven away from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' 5The waters closed in over me to the point of death; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6I sank down to the roots of the mountains; the earth shut its gates behind me forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, my Father. 7As my life was ebbing away, I remembered my Father, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 8Those who cling to worthless idols walk away from the love that could be theirs. 9But I will sacrifice to you with grateful praise; I will keep every vow I have made. Salvation belongs to our Father!
10Then our Father spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.
