Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of 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 out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and 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.
For you cast me into the deep, into heart of the seas, and the great flood rolled about me; all your breakers and your 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.
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards 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 surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about 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 roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, 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.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon 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 loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
