1 T hen Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly,

And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;

2 A nd said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice.

and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.

3 F or You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me.

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

4 T hen I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.

And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

5 T he waters compassed me about, even to life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head.

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

7 W hen my soul fainted upon me, I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.

8 T hose who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own mercy and loving-kindness.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 B ut as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord!

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

10 A nd the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry.