3*Out of my distress I called to the Lord,

and he answered me;

From the womb of Sheol* I cried for help,

and you heard my voice.b

4You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,

and the flood enveloped me;

All your breakers and your billows

passed over me.c

5Then I said, “I am banished from your sight!

How will I again look upon your holy temple?”d

6The waters surged around me up to my neck;

the deep enveloped me;

seaweed wrapped around my head.e

7I went down to the roots of the mountains;

to the land whose bars closed behind me forever,

But you brought my life up from the pit,

O Lord, my God.f

8When I became faint,

I remembered the Lord;

My prayer came to you

in your holy temple.g

9Those who worship worthless idols

abandon their hope for mercy.h

10But I, with thankful voice,

will sacrifice to you;

What I have vowed I will pay:

deliverance is from the Lord.i