Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
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 by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest 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.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 I said to myself, ‘The Lord has banished me from his sight. Will I ever see your holy Temple again?’
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7 As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
They that observe lying vanities forsake 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 unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
10 Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
