Jonah 2

1Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights.

1Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

2And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish.

2In 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.

3And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.

3For 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.

4And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.

4And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

5And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.

5The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

6The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.

6I 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.

7I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord, my God.

7When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.

8When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.

8The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.

9They that in vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.

9But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

10But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.

10And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.

11And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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