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You threw me into the depths,
    into the heart of the seas.
    The currents swept around[a] me.
    All your breakers and your waves swept over me.
I said, “I have been driven away from your sight.
    Nevertheless, I will once again look toward your holy temple.”
Waters engulfed me so that I was near death.
    The deep surrounded me.
    Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:3 The Hebrew word can mean surround with protection, but the context seems to refer to something threatenin g.