Jonah's Prayer

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¹ From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. ² He said:
       "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
       From the depths of the grave I called for help,
       and you listened to my cry.

³ You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas,
       and the currents swirled about me;
       all your waves and breakers swept over me.

⁴ I said, 'I have been banished from your sight;
       yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

⁵ The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me;
       seaweed was wrapped around my head.

⁶ To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever.
       But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.

⁷ "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD,
       and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.

⁸ "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

⁹ But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you.
       What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."

¹⁰ And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.