Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
2 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
For Thou didst 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.
4 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
5 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
7 When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.
8 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.
10 And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
