Jonas 2

¹ Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas : and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

² And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,

³ and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell : thou heardest my voice.

⁴ Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me : all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.

⁵ And I said, I am cast out of thy presence : shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple ?

⁶ Water was poured around me to the soul : the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down Notesn1 Gr. last.

⁷ 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.

⁸ When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord ; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple. Notesn1 Gr. from me.

⁹ They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy. Notesn1 Gr. vain and false things.

¹⁰ But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving : all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of my salvation. Notesn1 Or, for a thank-offering to the Lord.

¹¹ And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry land.