2 Jonah prayed:“I called to the Lord in my distress,and he answered me.From the depths of my ⌊watery⌋ grave I cried for help,and you heard my cry.
3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea,and water surrounded me.All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
4 “Then I thought,‘I have been banished from your sight.Will I ever see your holy temple again?’
5 “Water surrounded me, threatening my life.The deep ⌊sea⌋ covered me completely.Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I sank to the foot of the mountains.I sank to the bottom,where bars held me forever.But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God.
7 “As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord.My prayer came to you in your holy temple.
8 Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty ⌊to you⌋.