Out of my distress I called out to the LORD,
and he answered me.
From the midst of the nether world I cried for help,
And you heard my voice.
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,
And the flood enveloped me.
Then I said, “ I am banished from your sight!
Yet would I again look upon your holy temple.”
The waters swirled about me, threatening my life;
The abyss enveloped me;
Seaweed clung about my head.
Down I went to the roots of the mountains;
The bars of the nether world were closing behind me forever,
But you brought up my life from the pit O LORD, my God.