< Jonas 2 >
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Then Jonah prayed unto Yhwh his God out of the fish’s belly,
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 )
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto Yhwh, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (Sheol )
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.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about 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 went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Yhwh 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 fainted within me I remembered Yhwh: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
They that observe lying vanities forsake 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 will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of Yhwh.
10 And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
And Yhwh spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.