Israel, the LORD who created you says, "Do not be afraid---I will save you. I have called you by name---you are mine.

When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.

"In my distress, O LORD, I called to you, and you answered me. From deep in the world of the dead I cried for help, and you heard me.

I thought I had been banished from your presence and would never see your holy Temple again.

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.

And then from his mouth the dragon poured out a flood of water after the woman, so that it would carry her away.

But the earth helped the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth.

because you protect me from the power of death. I have served you faithfully, and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.

I am like all others who are about to die; all my strength is gone.

You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb, into the darkest and deepest pit.

So they went down alive to the world of the dead, with their possessions. The earth closed over them, and they vanished.

All the people of Israel who were there fled when they heard their cry. They shouted, "Run! The earth might swallow us too!"

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.

David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, 'He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.'