Jonah 2:6-8

Good News Translation

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.