The pasuk says, שיר המעלות ממעמקים קראתיך ה . There are times when a person calls out to Hashem from the depths of his troubles. He recognizes that he doesn't deserve salvation. But, כי עם ה' החסד , Hashem has so much kindness, והרבה עמו פדות , and endless ways to save a person. So he calls out, no matter how hopeless the situation seems to be, and recognizes that Hashem could still help him. The value of that recognition is so great. It shows how much emunah the person has. This pasuk applied to Yonah, when he called out to Hashem from the depths of the ocean, in a place where salvation seemed unlikely. There, Hashem showed him, הרבה עמו פדות , He could always save and nothing is ever beyond him. Throughout the generations, people have called out to Hashem during their most trying times and have received salvations that they aren't even capable of describing. They say, "I don't know how it happened, but somehow, someway, Hashem saved me." Just a few weeks ago, right before Rosh Hashanah, a man said he went with his father-in-law and two brothers-in-law to the ocean to dip. The ocean looked suspicious, as there were four levels of waves breaking. The man, who we'll call Sol, went in first. He alerted the others that he didn't think they should go in, because he felt a strong pull, even though it was very shallow. They went in anyway, saying they would be careful. One of his brothers-in-law, who we'll call Al, started getting pulled in slowly. His other brother-in-law came out, saying, Al needs help. In a matter of seconds, Al got pulled thirty yards out. He was disappearing and reappearing, as the levels of waves were breaking. Then he got pulled out twenty yards more and was disappearing for twenty to thirty seconds at a time. Sol decided to go in and save him. He started swimming his hardest, making no progress, and then all of a sudden, the current got hold of him and pulled him to where Al was in a matter of seconds. He saw Al's pale white face and body failing. He looked lifeless. Sol grabbed his arm and took two strokes, but on the second stroke, they both got taken further out. At this point, Sol realized he could no longer help his brother-in-law. He felt he was going to die as well. He tried to swim to shore, but was getting pulled back further. He was thinking about his wife and children, as well as his in-laws. Thoughts of the upcoming holiday, along with funerals, were rushing through his mind. He was completely helpless. He kept trying to swim his hardest, but for the most part, he was blacking out. He doesn't know what happened next, but somehow, he managed to get back to shore alive. At this point, Hatzalah came on the scene, and Al was nowhere in sight. Al had been out there already for ten minutes at this point. All of a sudden, Al appeared a hundred yards away and looked like he was standing up straight. He stood there for a couple of minutes, gathered himself, and then came back to shore. They asked him how he survived. He said that he called out to Hashem with his last breaths, crying for help. That second, he felt sand under his feet and was able to stand out there. It was like a sandbar appeared out of nowhere. This was practically an open miracle. We call out to Hashem from the depths, sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally, because we know, כי עם ה' החסד , Hashem is so kind, והרבה עמו פדות , and can always save us, no matter how hopeless it seems.