< Jonah 2 >

1 And he prayed Jonah to Yahweh God his from [the] inward parts of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
2 And he said I called from distress of me to Yahweh and he answered me from [the] belly of Sheol I cried for help you heard voice my. (Sheol h7585)
And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 And you have thrown me [the] deep in [the] heart of [the] seas and a river it surrounds me all breakers your and waves your over me they have passed.
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.
4 And I I said I have been driven away from before eyes your nevertheless I will repeat to look to [the] temple of holiness your.
And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
5 They have encompassed me waters to [the] neck [the] deep it surrounds me rush[es] [is] wrapped round to head my.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 To extremities of mountains I went down the earth bars its [were] behind me for ever and you brought up from [the] pit life my O Yahweh God my.
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.
7 When fainted away on me life my Yahweh I remembered and it came to you prayer my to [the] temple of holiness your.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.
8 [those who] pay regard Vanities of nothingness loyalty their they abandon.
They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 And I with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you [that] which I have vowed I will fulfill rescue [belongs] to Yahweh.
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.
10 And he spoke Yahweh to the fish and it vomited up Jonah to the dry land.
And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

< Jonah 2 >