Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest 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 For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone 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 cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about 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 went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah 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 fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy 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 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
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 Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
