Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
2 and said—I cried—out of my distress—unto Yahweh, and he answered me, —Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice. (Sheol h7585)
and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, —All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.
4 And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes, —Yet will I again have regard unto thy holy temple:
And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?
5 The waters, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me, —The sea-weed, was wrapped about my head:
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
6 To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly, —Then didst thou bring up—out of the pit—my life, O Yahweh my God.
to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
7 When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.
8 They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, —Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of [my] salvation.
10 So then Yahweh spake unto the fish, —and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
