Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
For thou hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me.
4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
The waters surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea-weeds were bound about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, Yahweh my God.
To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up my life from the pit, O Lord my God!
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; [for] help is with the Lord.
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
