Jonah 2

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swal ow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the bel y of thefish for three days and three nights.	1 Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swal ow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the bel y of thefish for three days and three nights.
2 From the bel y of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:	2 From the bel y of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
3 Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the bel y of Sheol I cried out; you heardmy voice!	3 Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the bel y of Sheol I cried out; you heardmy voice!
4 For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. Al yourwaves and bil ows passed over me;	4 For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. Al yourwaves and bil ows passed over me;
5 then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shal I ever see your holy Temple again?'	5 then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shal I ever see your holy Temple again?'
6 The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round myhead.	6 The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round myhead.
7 To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But youraised my life from the Pit, Yahweh my God!	7 To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But youraised my life from the Pit, Yahweh my God!
8 When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you inyour holy Temple.	8 When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you inyour holy Temple.
9 Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,	9 Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,
10 but I shal sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comesfrom Yahweh!	10 but I shal sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comesfrom Yahweh!
11 Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.	11 Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.