< Jonah 2 >
1 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
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 )
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. (Sheol )
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 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 expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy 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 compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about 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 bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, 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 fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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 sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].