Jonah 2
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
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 he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard my voice. (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 hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me.
4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy 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 surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea-weeds were bound about my 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!
To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up 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 soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
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 unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; [for] help is with the Lord.
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
