Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly.
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he answered me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
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)
3 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.
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.
4 And I said, am cast out from before thine eyes; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
6 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.
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.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
