1 A nd Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;

¶ Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

2 a nd 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.

and said, I cried by reason of my tribulation unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.

3 F or 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

6 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.

I descended to the roots of the mountains; the earth put her bars about me for ever; yet thou hast brought up my life out of the grave, O LORD my God.

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

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer entered in unto thee in thy holy temple.

8 T hey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Those that observe lying vanities forsake his mercy.

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

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed; that saving comes of the LORD.

10 A nd Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry.

¶ And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.