1   From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:

2   
“In my distress, O Lord, I called to you,
  and you answered me.
From deep in the world of the dead
  I cried for help, and you heard me.

3   
You threw me down into the depths,
  to the very bottom of the sea,
  where the waters were all around me,
  and all your mighty waves rolled over me.

4   
I thought I had been banished from your presence
  and would never see your holy Temple again.

5   
The water came over me and choked me;
  the sea covered me completely,
  and seaweed wrapped around my head.

6   
I went down to the very roots of the mountains,
  into the land whose gates lock shut forever. ^note
But you, O Lord my God,
  brought me back from the depths alive.

7   
When I felt my life slipping away,
  then, O Lord, I prayed to you,
  and in your holy Temple you heard me.

8   
Those who worship worthless idols
  have abandoned their loyalty to you.

9   
But I will sing praises to you;
  I will offer you a sacrifice
  and do what I have promised.
Salvation comes from the Lord!”

10   Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.

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