Jonah 2:2-6

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“I ^(A)called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the ^(a)depth of ^(B)Sheol;
You heard my voice.

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“For You had ^(C)cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current ^(b)engulfed me.
All Your ^(D)breakers and billows passed over me.

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“So I said, ‘I have been ^(E)expelled from ^(c)Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(F)toward Your holy temple.’

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“^(G)Water encompassed me to the ^(d)point of death.
The great ^(H)deep ^(e)engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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“I ^(I)descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its ^(J)bars was around me forever,
But You have ^(K)brought up my life from ^(f)the pit, O Lord my God.

Footnotes:

a. Jonah 2:2: ['Lit ', belly]

b. Jonah 2:3: ['Lit ', surrounded]

c. Jonah 2:4: ['Lit ', before Your eyes]

d. Jonah 2:5: ['Lit ', soul]

e. Jonah 2:5: ['Lit ', surrounded]

f. Jonah 2:6: ['Or ', corruption]

Cross references:

A. Jonah 2:2: 1 Samuel 30:6; Psalm 18:4-6; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 120:1

B. Jonah 2:2: Psalm 18:5; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:1-7

C. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 69:1; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 69:15; Lamentations 3:54

D. Jonah 2:3: Psalm 42:7

E. Jonah 2:4: Psalm 31:22; Jeremiah 7:15

F. Jonah 2:4: Psalm 5:7

G. Jonah 2:5: Lamentations 3:54

H. Jonah 2:5: Psalm 69:1; Psalm 69:2

I. Jonah 2:6: Psalm 18:5; Psalm 116:3

J. Jonah 2:6: Isaiah 38:10; Matthew 16:18

K. Jonah 2:6: Job 33:28; Psalm 16:10; Psalm 30:3; Isaiah 38:17