1 Jonah’s Prayer 2:1 Ch2:2in Heb Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish,
2 and he said,“I called out of my distress to Yahweh,And He answered me.I cried for help from the belly of Sheol;You heard my voice.
3 “For You had cast me into the deep,Into the heart of the seas,And the current surrounded me.All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
4 “So I said, ‘I have been driven away from 2:4 Lit before Your eyes Your sight.Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
5 “Water encompassed me tomy verysoul.The great deep surrounded me,Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 “I went down to the 2:6Lit bases base of the mountains.The earth with its barsclosedbehind me forever,But You have brought up my life from 2:6Or corruption the pit, O Yahweh my God.
7 “While my soul was fainting within me,I remembered Yahweh,And my prayer came to You,To Your holy temple.
8 “Those who regard worthless idolsForsake their lovingkindness,
9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to YouWith the voice of thanksgiving.That which I have vowed I will pay.Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.