Jonah 2:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵I had almost drowned in the waves.
    The deep waters were all around me.
    Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
⁶I sank down to the bottom of the mountains.
    I thought I had died
    and gone down into the grave forever.
But you are the Lord my God.
You brought my life up
    from the very edge of the pit of death.

⁷“When my life was nearly over,
I remembered you, Lord.
My prayer rose up to you.
It reached you in your holy temple in heaven.

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Jonah 2:5-7

New International Version

⁵The engulfing waters threatened me,^[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(A)
⁶To the roots of the mountains^(B) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.^(C)