Jonah 2
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels 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 says: “I called, because of my distress, to YHWH, And He answers me, From the belly of Sheol I have cried, You have 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.
When You cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood surrounds me, All Your breakers and Your billows 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 said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
5 The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to 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 cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me for all time. And You bring my life up from the pit, O YHWH my God.
7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
