1 Now the Lord had commanded a great sea monster to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights. 2 And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the sea monster,⁠a 3 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he listened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard my voice. 4 You cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods surrounded me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon me. 5 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple?⁠b 6 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep surrounded me, my head went down to the clefts of the mountains; 7 I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, Lord my God, let my ruined life rise up.⁠c 8 When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple. 9 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.⁠d 10 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of my salvation.⁠e 11 And the sea monster was commanded, and it cast up Jonah on the dry land.