So I said, ‘I have been (A)cast out [a]of Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again (B)toward Your holy temple.’
(C)Water encompassed me to the [b]point of death.
The (D)deep flowed around me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
I (E)descended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its (F)bars was around me forever,
But You have (G)brought up my life from [c]the pit, Lord my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:4 Lit from Your eyes
  2. Jonah 2:5 Lit soul
  3. Jonah 2:6 Or corruption

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