^{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 to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.

^{2 Ref} He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

^{3 Ref} For you threw me into the depths, In the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.

^{4 Ref} I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

^{5 Ref} The waters surrounded me, Even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

^{6 Ref} I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.

^{7 Ref} "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

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

^{9 Ref} But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."

^{10 Ref} Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.