Jonah 2
1 Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lord his God out of the fishes belly,
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lord, and he heard me: out of the bellie of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce. (Sheol h7585)
In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
4 Then I saide, I am cast away out of thy sight: yet will I looke againe towarde thine holy Temple.
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
7 When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
8 They that waite vpon lying vanities, forsake their owne mercie.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 But I will sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thankesgiuing, and will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lord.
But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
10 And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it cast out Ionah vpon the dry lande.
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
