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Jonah 2:3-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jonah 2:3-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 [a]Out of my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me;
From the womb of Sheol[b] I cried for help,
and you heard my voice.(A)
4 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,
and the flood enveloped me;
All your breakers and your billows
passed over me.(B)
5 Then I said, “I am banished from your sight!
How will I again look upon your holy temple?”(C)
6 The waters surged around me up to my neck;
the deep enveloped me;
seaweed wrapped around my head.(D)
Footnotes
- 2:3–10 These verses, which may have originally been an independent composition, are a typical example of a song of thanksgiving, a common psalm genre (e.g., Ps 116; Is 38:9–20). Such a song is relevant here, since Jonah has not drowned, and the imagery of vv. 4, 6 is appropriate.
- 2:3 Sheol: cf. note on Ps 6:6.
Jonah 2:3-6
New International Version
Jonah 2:3-6
New International Version
3 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)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;(D)
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’(E)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(F)
6 To the roots of the mountains(G) I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.(H)
Footnotes
- Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
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