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Y oró Jonás desde el vientre del pez al SEÑOR su Dios.

Y dijo: Clamé de mi tribulación al SEÑOR, Y él me oyó; Del vientre del Seol clamé, Y mi voz oíste.

Me echaste en lo profundo, en medio de los mares, Y la corriente me rodeó; Todas tus ondas y tus olas pasaron sobre mí.

Y yo dije: Echado soy de delante de tus ojos; Mas aún veré el santo templo tuyo.

Las aguas me rodearon hasta el alma, el abismo me rodeó; el junco se enguedejó a mi cabeza.

Descendí a las raíces de los montes; la tierra echó sus cerraduras sobre mí para siempre; mas tú sacaste mi vida de la sepultura, oh SEÑOR Dios mío.

Cuando mi alma desfallecía en mí, me acordé del Señor; y mi oración entró hasta ti en tu santo Templo.

Los que guardan las vanidades ilusorias, su misericordia abandonan.

Mas yo alabándote con voz de confesión te sacrificaré; pagaré lo que prometí. Al SEÑOR sea el salvamento.

10 Y mandó el SEÑOR al pez, y vomitó a Jonás en tierra seca.

[a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
You hurled me into the depths,(D)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(E) and breakers
    swept over me.(F)
I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(G)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(H)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(I)
To the roots of the mountains(J) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(K)

“When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(L) you, Lord,
and my prayer(M) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(N)

“Those who cling to worthless idols(O)
    turn away from God’s love for them.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(P)
    will sacrifice(Q) to you.
What I have vowed(R) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation(S) comes from the Lord.’”

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
  2. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.