Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,
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 by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear 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.
Thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, And the flood compassed me about; All thy billows and thy waves passed 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 am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to thy 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 compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around 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 sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, 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 fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They that honor lying vanities forsake their 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 thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.
10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
