The water engulfed me up to the neck;[a](A)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(B)
I sank to the foundations of the mountains,(C)
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!(D)
Then you raised my life(E) from the Pit, Lord my God!(F)
As my life was fading away,(G)
I remembered the Lord,(H)
and my prayer came to you,(I)
to your holy temple.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 Or me, threatening my life

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