I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(A)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(B)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(C)
To the roots of the mountains(D) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(E)

“When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(F) you, Lord,
and my prayer(G) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(H)

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Footnotes

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

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