Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach.
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 said, “I called out to Yahweh about my distress and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help! You heard my voice. (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 had thrown me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me; all your waves and billows passed 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, 'I am driven out from before your eyes; yet I will again look toward your holy temple.'
5 Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
The waters closed around me up to my neck; the deep was all around me; seaweed wrapped 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 went down to the bases of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed upon me forever. Yet you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God!
7 In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
When my soul fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind; then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They give attention to useless gods while they forsake loving faithfulness.
9 And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
But as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill that which I have vowed. Salvation comes from Yahweh!”
10 And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.
