Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 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)
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)
3 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.
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.
4 And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 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.
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.
7 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.
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.
8 Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 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.”
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.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
