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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.
⁵ The water came over me and choked me;
    the sea covered me completely,
    and seaweed wrapped around my head.
⁶ I went down to the very roots of the mountains,
    into the land whose gates lock shut forever.^[a]
But you, O Lord my God,
    brought me back from the depths alive.
⁷ When I felt my life slipping away,
    then, O Lord, I prayed to you,
    and in your holy Temple you heard me.
⁸ Those who worship worthless idols
    have abandoned their loyalty to you.
⁹ But I will sing praises to you;
    I will offer you a sacrifice
    and do what I have promised.
Salvation comes from the Lord!"