Jonas is swallowed up by a great fish: he prayeth with confidence in
God; and the fish casteth him out on the dry land.
2:1. Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas
was in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights.
2:2. And Jonas prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the
fish.
2:3. And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he
heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my
voice.
2:4. And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the
sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have
passed over me.
2:5. And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I
shall see the holy temple again.
2:6. The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath
closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
2:7. I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the
earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from
corruption, O Lord, my God.
2:8. When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord:
that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.
2:9. They that in vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
2:10. But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay
whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
2:11. And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the
dry land.
Spoke to the fish. . .God's speaking to the fish, was nothing else but
his will, which all things obey.