Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 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)
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 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.
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 expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 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.
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 in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come 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 in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 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.”
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 spoke to 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.
