Jonas 2
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest 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 Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon 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 am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
5 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
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 was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of [my] salvation.
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 whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
