Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from 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 cried out to the Lord from my tribulation, and he heeded me. From the belly of hell, I cried out, and you heeded 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.
And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your 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 said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
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, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered 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.
I descended to the base of the mountains. The bars of the earth have enclosed me forever. And you will raise up my life from corruption, 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 was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
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, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
