Jonah 2:5-10

JPS_ASV_Byz(i) 5 (2:6) The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 (2:7) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. 7 (2:8) When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple. 8 (2:9) They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 (2:10) But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD. 10 (2:11) And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.