1. And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish
2. and said, “I called from my distress to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help— you heard my voice.
3. And you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.
4. And I said, ‘I am banished from your sight; how will I continue to look on your holy temple?’
5. The waters encompassed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.