1Then Jonah prayed to LORD his God out of the sea creatures belly. 2And he said, I called because of my affliction to LORD, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [and] thou heard my voice. 3For thou 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. 4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes. Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5The waters encompassed me around, even to the soul. The deep was round about me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars [closed] upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. 7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered LORD. And my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple. 8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of LORD. 10And LORD spoke to the sea creature, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.