Jonah in the belly of the fish
1 Yahweh provided a large fish which swallowed Jonah. He remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
2 From the belly of the fish Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God:
3 “In my distress I cried to Yahweh,
and he answered me;
from the belly of the netherworld
you heard my voice when I called.
4 You cast me into the abyss,
into the very heart of the sea,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your breakers and your billows
passed over engulfing me.
5 Then I thought:
I have been cast out from your presence,
but I keep on looking to your holy Temple.
6 The waters engulfed me up to my throat;
all around me was the abyss;
wrapped about my head were seaweeds.
7 I went down to the roots of the mountains,
the bars of the netherworld closed upon me,
but you brought my life up from the pit,
Yahweh, my God.
8 When my soul was fainting within me,
I remembered Yahweh,
and before you rose my prayer
up to your holy Temple.
9 Those who worship worthless idols
lose your grace
10 but I, with songs of praise,
will offer to you sacrifices.
What I have vowed, I will make good –
deliverance comes from Yahweh, my God.”
11 Then Yahweh gave his command to the fish, and it belched out Jonah onto dry land.