CHAPTER 2
saying:
“In my distress
I called
to
the LORD
and He answered me.
From the belly
of Sheol
I called for help,
and You heard
my voice.
For You cast me
into the deep,
into the heart
of the seas,
and the current
swirled about me.
All
Your breakers
and waves
swept
over me.
At this, I
said,
‘I have been banished
from
Your sight;
yet
I will look
once more
toward
Your holy
temple.’
The waters
engulfed me
up to
the neck;
the watery depths
overcame me;
the seaweed
wrapped
around my head.
To the roots
of the mountains
I descended;
the earth
beneath me
barred me in
forever!
But You raised
my life
from the pit,
O LORD
my God!
But I,
with the voice
of thanksgiving,
will sacrifice
to You.
I will fulfill
what
I have vowed.
Salvation
is from the LORD!”