Jonas 2
1 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
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)
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 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.
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 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple?
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round 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 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 soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your 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 observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
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 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 whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
