Jonah 2
1 Then 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 He began, “In my agony I cried out to the Lord and he answered me; from the depths of Sheol I pleaded for help and you answered me. (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 You threw me into the deep, all the way down to the bottom of the sea. Water flooded all around me; your crashing waves rolled 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 I said to myself, ‘The Lord has banished me from his sight. Will I ever see your holy Temple again?’
And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
5 The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
6 I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
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 As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in 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 worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 But I will offer you sacrifices, shouting out my thanks. I will keep my promises to you, for salvation comes from the Lord.”
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 Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
