Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God out of the sea creatures belly.
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,
2 And he said, I called because of my affliction to Jehovah, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
and said: — I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For thou cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me. All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, And the flood compassed me about; All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes. Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said, “I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to thy holy temple!”
5 The waters encompassed me around, even to the soul. The deep was round about me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
The waters compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around my head;
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars closed upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
I sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, my God!
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah. And my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;
9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.
10 And Jehovah spoke to the sea creature, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
