Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
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)
and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he listened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard 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.
You did cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon 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 am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
5 The waters closed around me up to my neck; the deep was all around me; seaweed wrapped around my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
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!
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 fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind; then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
8 They give attention to useless gods while they forsake loving faithfulness.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
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 sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of [my] salvation.
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
