Jonah 2
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
2 And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
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)
3 And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
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.
4 And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.
And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again towards your holy temple?
5 The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
6 I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
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.
7 When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
8 They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
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.
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
