Jonah 2:1-7 Jonah’s Prayer for DeliveranceThen Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature.

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Jonah’s Prayer for DeliveranceThen Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature. ² He said: “I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry. ³ You cast me into the deep— into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me. ⁴ So I told myself, ‘I have been driven away from you. How will I again gaze on your holy Temple?’ ⁵ Flood waters encompassed me, the deep surrounded me while seaweed wrapped around my head. ⁶ I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth’s prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God! ⁷ “As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.