Jonah 2 — GNB

2Verse 1Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,^{Verse 2}and said:— I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice.^{Verse 3}Thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, And the flood compassed me about; All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.^{Verse 4}And I said, “I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to thy holy temple!”^{Verse 5}The waters compassed me about, even to the life, The deep enclosed me round about; Sea-weeds were bound around my head;^{Verse 6}I sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, my God!^{Verse 7}When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah, And my prayer came to thee, To thy holy temple.^{Verse 8}They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;^{Verse 9}But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; Salvation is from Jehovah.^{Verse 10}And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.