Jonah 2

6 I went down to the very roots of the mountains,

into the land whose gates lock shut forever.*2.6: the land whose gates lock shut forever: A reference to the world of the dead (see 2.2).

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.