Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
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)
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)
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.
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.
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 am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple?
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
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.
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.
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 was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
8 Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken 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 to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of [my] salvation.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
