Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to YHWH, his God, out of the fish's belly.
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,
2 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)
and said: — I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 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.
Thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, And the flood compassed me about; All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
And I said, “I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to thy holy temple!”
5 The waters surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep was around me. The end is upon my head.
The waters compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around my head;
6 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.
I sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, my God!
7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered YHWH. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.
8 Those who regard worthless things forsake their faithfulness.
They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to YHWH."
But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.
10 YHWH spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
