¹ Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.

² 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 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 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

⁵ The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

⁶ 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 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

⁸ Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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

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

¹ Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

² Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.

³ But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

⁴ I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

⁵ I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

⁶ I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

⁷ Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.