Jonah 2

1Then Jonah prayed unto YHWH his God out of the fish’s belly.

2And he said: I called out of mine affliction Unto YHWH, and He answered me; Out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, And Thou heardest my voice.

3For 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.

4And I said: ‘I am cast out From before Thine eyes’; Yet I will look again Toward Thy holy temple.

5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

6I 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 YHWH my God.

7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered YHWH; And my prayer came in unto Thee, Into Thy holy temple.

8They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

9But I will sacrifice unto Thee With the voice of thanksgiving; That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of YHWH.

10And YHWH spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.