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

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Footnotes

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