² I called to the Lord in my distress,
and he answered me.
I cried out for help from deep inside^[a] Sheol;
you heard my voice.
³ You threw me into the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and the current^[b] overcame me.
All your breakers and your billows swept over me.
⁴ But I said, “I have been banished
from your sight,
yet I will look once more^[c]
toward your holy temple.
⁵ The water engulfed me up to the neck;^[d]
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
⁶ I sank to the foundations of the mountains,
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!
Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
⁷ As my life was fading away,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
to your holy temple.
⁸ Those who cherish worthless idols
abandon their faithful love,
⁹ but as for me, I will sacrifice to you
with a voice of thanksgiving.
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation^[e] belongs to the Lord.”