Catholic Public Domain Version
"When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple. "
— Jonah 2:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
“They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy. ”
“Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
“Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.”
“When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.”
“The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.”
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
I descended to the base of the mountains. The bars of the earth have enclosed me forever. And you will raise up my life from corruption, Lord, my God.
When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.
Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.