Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
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 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 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 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 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 driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look 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.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea 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 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 As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon 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 loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
