Depth of Distress

Jonah 2English Standard Version2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,    and he answered me;out of the belly of Sheol I cried,    and you heard my voice.3 For you cast me into the deep,    into the heart of the seas,    and the flood surrounded me;all your breakers and your waves    passed over me.4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away    from your sight;yet I shall again look    upon your holy temple.’5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;    the deep surrounded me;weeds were wrapped about my head.6 To the roots of the mountains I went down,    to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.Yet you brought up my life from the pit,    O Lord my God.7 When my life was fainting away,    I remembered the Lord,and my prayer came to you,    into your holy temple.8 Those who pay regard to vain idols    forsake their hope of steadfast love.9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving    will sacrifice to you;what I have vowed I will pay.    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.