² I called to the Lord in my distress,^(B)
and he answered me.
I cried out for help from deep inside^[a] Sheol;^(C)
you heard my voice.^(D)
3 When you threw me into the depths,^(E)
into the heart of the seas,^(F)
the current^[b] overcame me.
All your breakers and your billows swept over me.^(G)
4 And I said, “I have been banished^(H)
from your sight,^(I)
yet I will look^[c] once more
toward your holy temple.”^(J)
5 The water engulfed me up to the neck;^[d](K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(L)
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains,^(M)
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!^(N)
Then you raised my life^(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!^(P)
7 As my life was fading away,^(Q)
I remembered the Lord,^(R)
and my prayer came to you,^(S)
to your holy temple.^(T)
8 Those who cherish worthless idols^(U)
abandon their faithful love,^(V)
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice^(W) to you
with a voice of thanksgiving.^(X)
I will fulfill^(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation^[e] belongs to the Lord.^(Z)