Jonas 2
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.
2 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he listened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
He began, “In my agony I cried out to the Lord and he answered me; from the depths of Sheol I pleaded for help and you answered me. (Sheol h7585)
3 You did cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon me.
You threw me into the deep, all the way down to the bottom of the sea. Water flooded all around me; your crashing waves rolled over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
I said to myself, ‘The Lord has banished me from his sight. Will I ever see your holy Temple again?’
5 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around 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 sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
7 When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
8 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of [my] salvation.
But I will offer you sacrifices, shouting out my thanks. I will keep my promises to you, for salvation comes from the Lord.”
10 And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.
