Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
2 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)
And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 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.
For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.
4 And I said, “I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to thy holy temple!”
And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around my head;
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 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!
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.
8 They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;
They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.
10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
