Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.
2 And he says: “I called, because of my distress, to YHWH, And He answers me, From the belly of Sheol I have cried, You have heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
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)
3 When You cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood surrounds me, All Your breakers and Your billows have passed over me.
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.
4 And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
I said to myself, ‘The Lord has banished me from his sight. Will I ever see your holy Temple again?’
5 Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me for all time. And You bring my life up from the pit, O YHWH my God.
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.
7 In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
8 Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
9 And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
But I will offer you sacrifices, shouting out my thanks. I will keep my promises to you, for salvation comes from the Lord.”
10 And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.
