Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed to YHWH, his God, out of the fish's belly.
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)
He said, "I called because of my affliction to YHWH. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. 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.
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your breakers and waves passed over me.
4 And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy holy temple.
I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward 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.
The waters surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep was around me. The end is upon my head.
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!
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, YHWH my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered YHWH. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
Those who regard worthless things forsake their faithfulness.
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 thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to YHWH."
10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
YHWH spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
