Jonah2

From the fish's belly, Jonah prayed to the LORD, recounting his deep affliction and God's hearing of his cry from the "belly of hell." He acknowledged being cast into the deep by God, yet resolved to look toward God's holy temple, recognizing God's power to bring his life from corruption. Jonah vowed thanksgiving and declared, "Salvation is of the LORD." Consequently, the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah's Prayer in the Fish

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And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

The Lord Hears the Afflicted

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And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
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When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.
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And I--I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)
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Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
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To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
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In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.

A Vow of Thanksgiving and Faith

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Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
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And I--with a voice of thanksgiving--I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation is of Jehovah.

Jonah Is Delivered

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And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.
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