^x“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,

and he answered me;

^yout of the belly of Sheol I cried,

^zand you heard my voice.

3  ^aFor you cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

^ball your waves and your billows

passed over me.

4  ^cThen I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

^dyet I shall again look

upon your holy temple.’

5  ^eThe waters closed in over me ^fto take my life;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped about my head

6  at the roots of the mountains.

I went down to the land

whose bars closed upon me forever;

yet you brought up my life from the pit,

O Lord my God.

7  When my life was fainting away,

I remembered the Lord,

^gand my prayer came to you,

into your holy temple.

8  ^hThose who pay regard to vain idols

ⁱforsake their hope of steadfast love.

9  ^jBut I with the voice of thanksgiving

will sacrifice to you;

what I have vowed I will pay.

^kSalvation belongs to the Lord!”