The waters 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 with its prison bars closed behind me forever!(D)
But You raised my life(E) from the Pit, Lord my God!(F)
As my life was fading away,(G)
I remembered Yahweh.(H)
My prayer came to You,(I)
to Your holy temple.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:5 Or me, threatening my life

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