2 Then Yoʹnah prayed to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} his Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} from the belly of the fish, 2 and he said:
“Out of my distress I called out to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, and he answered me.
Out of the depths of the Grave I cried for help.
You heard my voice.
3 When you threw me to the depths, into the heart of the open sea,
Then the currents engulfed me.
All your breakers and waves swept over me.
4 And I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight!
How will I gaze again upon your holy temple?’
5 Waters engulfed me and threatened my life;
The watery deep closed in on me.
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 To the bottoms of the mountains I sank down.
The bars of the earth were closing upon me forever.
But out of the pit you brought up my life, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} my Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}.
7 When my life was ebbing away, Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} was the One whom I remembered.
Then my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who are devoted to the worthless idols forsake their source of loyal love.
9 But as for me, with the voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed, I will pay.
Salvation is from Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.”
10 In time Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} commanded the fish, and it vomited Yoʹnah out onto the dry land.