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You threw me down into the depths,
    to the very bottom of the sea,
    where the waters were all around me,
    and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
I thought I had been banished from your presence
    and would never see your holy Temple again.
The water came over me and choked me;
    the sea covered me completely,
    and seaweed wrapped around my head.

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You hurled me into the depths,(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(B) and breakers
    swept over me.(C)
I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(D)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(E)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat