1 T hen Jonah prayed to the Lord his God while in the stomach of the fish,

Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly.

2 s aying, “I called out to the Lord because of my trouble, and He answered me. I cried for help from the place of the dead, and You heard my voice.

And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.

3 Y ou threw me into the deep waters, to the very bottom of the sea. A flood was all around me and all Your waves passed over me.

For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

4 T hen I said, ‘I have been sent away from Your eyes. But I will look again toward Your holy house.’

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

5 W aters closed in over me. The sea was all around me. Weeds were around my head.

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

6 I went down to the roots of the mountains. The walls of the earth were around me forever. But You have brought me up from the grave, O Lord my God.

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

7 W hile I was losing all my strength, I remembered the Lord. And my prayer came to You, into Your holy house.

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

8 T hose who worship false gods have given up their faith in You.

They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

9 B ut I will give gifts in worship to You with a thankful voice. I will give You what I have promised. The Lord is the One Who saves.”

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

10 T hen the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the dry land.

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