^{1 Ref} And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

^{2 Ref} And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

^{3 Ref} When Thou dost cast me `into' the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

^{4 Ref} And I -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)

^{5 Ref} Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.

^{6 Ref} To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

^{7 Ref} In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.

^{8 Ref} Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.

^{9 Ref} And I -- with a voice of thanksgiving -- I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation `is' of Jehovah.

^{10 Ref} And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.

^{1 Ref} Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly.

^{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.

^{7 Ref} When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

^{8 Ref} They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

^{9 Ref} But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.

^{10 Ref} And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.