Jon 2:2-3, 5-6 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Jonah 2:2-3

2 saying,

^a“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
^bout of the belly of Sheol I cried,
^cand you heard my voice.
3 ^dFor you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
^eall your waves and your billows
passed over me.

Jonah 2:5-6

5 ^fThe waters closed in over me ^gto take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at 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.