Jonah 2:2-4

Good News Translation

² “In my distress, O Lord, I called to you,
    and you answered me.
From deep in the world of the dead
    I cried for help, and you heard me.
³ You threw me down into the depths,
    to the very bottom of the sea,
    where the waters were all around me,
    and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
⁴ I thought I had been banished from your presence
    and would never see your holy Temple again.