Jonas 2
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
2 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he listened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And he said: “I cried out to the Lord from my tribulation, and he heeded me. From the belly of hell, I cried out, and you heeded my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 You did cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon me.
And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your waves have passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
5 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
6 to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
I descended to the base of the mountains. The bars of the earth have enclosed me forever. And you will raise up my life from corruption, Lord, my God.
7 When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.
8 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of [my] salvation.
But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”
10 And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
