Jonah 2
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
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)
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 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.
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 Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your 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 The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about 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 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 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 As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your 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 who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
They that are vain observe vanities, 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 with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
