^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

^{5 Ref} The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

^{6 Ref} 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.