Refrain:
AllMy prayer came to you in
your holy temple,
and you brought up my life from the depths.
1I called to you, O God,
out of my distress
and you answered me; •
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
2You cast me into the
deep,
into the heart of the seas, •
and the flood surrounded me,
all your waves and billows passed over me.
3Then I said, I am driven
away from your sight; •
how shall I ever look again upon your holy temple?
4The waters closed in
over me,
the deep was round about me; •
weeds were wrapped around my head
at the roots of the mountains.
5I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me for ever, •
yet you brought up my life from the depths, O God.
6As my life was ebbing
away, I remembered you, O God, •
and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
7With the voice of thanksgiving,
I will sacrifice to you; •
what I have vowed I will pay;
deliverance belongs to the Lord!
Jonah 2.2-7, 9
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllMy prayer came to you in
your holy temple,
and you brought up my life from the depths.