Jonah 2
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from 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 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 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.
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 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 am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to 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 compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around 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!
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 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 Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
They that honor lying vanities forsake their 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!”
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 the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
