Jonah 2:2

Verse 2 of 10. The 2nd of 4 chapters in Jonah, in The Minor Prophets.

1Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

Read Jonah 2

King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.