Jonah’s Prayer 1 DBY And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly; BSB BSB: From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
2 DBY and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice. BSB BSB: saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
3 DBY For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me. BSB BSB: For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
4 DBY And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple. BSB BSB: At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
5 DBY The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head. BSB BSB: The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
6 DBY I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God. BSB BSB: To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
7 DBY When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple. BSB BSB: As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
8 DBY They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. BSB BSB: Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
9 DBY But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah. BSB BSB: But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
10 DBY And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land . BSB BSB: And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.