Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
2 And he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard my voice. (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 For thou hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed 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 And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy holy temple.
And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
5 The waters surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea-weeds were bound about my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
6 To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up my life from the pit, O Lord my God!
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 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
8 They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; [for] help is with 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 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
