Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
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 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 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 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 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see 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 were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round 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 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.
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 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 unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
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 will I pay; [for] help is with 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 commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
