Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach.
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 He said, “I called out to Yahweh about my distress and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help! You heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 You had thrown me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me; all your waves and billows passed over me.
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
4 I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes; yet I will again look toward your holy temple.'
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The waters closed around me up to my neck; the deep was all around me; seaweed wrapped around my head.
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 I went down to the bases of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed upon me forever. Yet you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God!
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind; then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
8 They give attention to useless gods while they forsake loving faithfulness.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill that which I have vowed. Salvation comes from Yahweh!”
But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
