Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly.
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he answered me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest 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 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows 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, am cast out from before thine eyes; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple?
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about 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 bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [closed] upon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, 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 fainted within me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine 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 regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of 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 spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].
