4. I said, “I have been banishedfrom your sight;yet I will look againtowards your holy temple.”
5. The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me;seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6. To the roots of the mountains I sank down;the earth beneath barred me in for ever.But you, Lord my God,brought my life up from the pit.
7. ‘When my life was ebbing away,I remembered you, Lord,and my prayer rose to you,to your holy temple.
8. ‘Those who cling to worthless idolsturn away from God’s love for them.
9. But I, with shouts of grateful praise,will sacrifice to you.What I have vowed I will make good.I will say, “Salvation comes from the Lord.” ’
10. And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.