Jonah 2
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
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 he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest 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.
For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone 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 will I look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about 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 went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast 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 in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
8 Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own 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 unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of 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 vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
