CHAP. II.
UNto the Lord his God then Jonah pray'd
Out of the Belly of the Fish, and said,
By reason of Affliction which lay sore
Upon me, I the Lord God did implore,
And he gave Ear; and from Hell's Belly I
Cry'd unto thee, and thou, Lord, heard'st my Cry;
For thou into the Deep hadst cast me out,
And there the Floods did compass me about,
In the midst of the Sea, thy Waves were sent,
And all thy Billows which my Head o'er went.
Then said I though thy Presence hath forsook
Me, to thy Holy Temple will I look.
The Waters compassed about my Soul,
And the great Deeps did round about me rowl,
The Weeds were wrapt about my Head, I went
Down to the bottom of the Element;