1 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
2 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.
3 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 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 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 earth with her bars was about me for ever:yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption,O Lord my God.
7 When my soul fainted within meI remembered the Lord:and my prayer came in unto thee,into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanitiesforsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto theewith 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.