Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
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)
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 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.
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 cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple?
5 The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
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.
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 fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
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 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 Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
