Jonah 2:4-6

New Century Version

⁴ I said, ‘I was driven out of your presence,
    but I hope to see your Holy Temple again.’
⁵ The waters of the sea closed around my throat.
    The deep sea was all around me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.
⁶ When I went down to where the mountains of the sea start to rise,
    I thought I was locked in this prison forever,
but you saved me from the pit of death,
    Lord my God.