Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 When Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.
And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
4 And I — I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)
And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.
5 Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
7 In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.
When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
9 And I — with a voice of thanksgiving — I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah.
But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
10 And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
