Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 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)
and said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 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.
For you cast me into the deep, into heart of the seas, and the great flood rolled about me; all your breakers and your waves passed over me.
4 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
5 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 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.
I went down to the roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, O Lord my God.
7 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.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 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.
but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
