\s5 \c 2 \nb \v 1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach. \v 2 He said, \q "I called out to Yahweh about my distress \q and he answered me; \q from the stomach of Sheol I cried out for help! \q You heard my voice. \s5 \q \v 3 You had thrown me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, \q and the currents surrounded me; \q all your waves and billows \q passed over me. \q \v 4 And I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes; \q yet I will again look toward your holy temple.' \s5 \q \v 5 The waters closed over me to take my life; \q the deep was all around me; \q seaweed was wrapped around my head. \q \v 6 I went down to the bases of the mountains; \q the earth with its bars closed upon me forever. \q Yet you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God! \s5 \q \v 7 When my soul fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind; \q then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. \q \v 8 Those who pay attention to useless gods \q reject your faithfulness toward themselves. \s5 \q \v 9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving; \q I will fulfill that which I have vowed. \q Salvation comes from Yahweh!" \m \v 10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.