Jonah 2
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard 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 cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept 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 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward 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 engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, 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 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
