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“Then I thought,
‘I have been banished from your sight.
Will I ever see your holy temple again?’

“Water surrounded me, threatening my life.
The deep ⌞sea⌟ covered me completely.
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
I sank to the foot of the mountains.
I sank to the bottom,
where bars held me forever.
But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God.

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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)

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Footnotes

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