Jonah 2
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
2 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)
He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol (Sheol h7585) I cried. You heard my voice.
3 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.
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.
4 Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 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.
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, LORD my God.
7 As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
9 but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
