Jonah 2
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lord his God out of the fishes belly,
2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lord, and he heard me: out of the bellie of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce. (Sheol h7585)
3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.
4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
Then I saide, I am cast away out of thy sight: yet will I looke againe towarde thine holy Temple.
5 The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
They that waite vpon lying vanities, forsake their owne mercie.
9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
But I will sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thankesgiuing, and will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lord.
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it cast out Ionah vpon the dry lande.
