The Book of Jonah
Chapter 2
1 – Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2 – And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
3 – And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.
4 – And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
5 – And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.
6 – The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
7 – I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
8 – When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.
9 – They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
10 – But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
11 – And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
The Catholic Bible Online. Scriptures are from The Douay Rheims Catholic Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain. The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church.