Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
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 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 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 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 And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy holy temple.
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look 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.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about 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 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 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon 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 loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
