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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever:
Yet hast thou brought up my life from [a]the pit, O Jehovah my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah;
And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
They that regard lying vanities
Forsake their own mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:6 Or, corruption

To the roots of the mountains(A) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(B)

“When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(C) you, Lord,
and my prayer(D) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(E)

“Those who cling to worthless idols(F)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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