Jonah 2
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,
2 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)
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 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.
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 Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards 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, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about 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 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.
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 As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in 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 worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;
9 but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.
