1 (2:2) Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.

2 (2:3) And he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard my voice.

3 (2:4) For thou hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me.

4 (2:5) And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look toward thy holy temple.

5 (2:6) The waters surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea–weeds were bound about my head.

6 (2:7) To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth closed her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up my life from the pit, O Lord my God!

7 (2:8) When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.

8 (2:9) They that guard false vanities forsake the source of their kindness.

9 (2:10) But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; for help is with the Lord.

10 (2:11) And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.