- Jonah 2:2b-6 (NIV)
'In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
From the depths of the grave I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
You hurled me into the deep,
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled around me;
all your waves and breakers,
swept over me.
I said, "I have been banished
from your sight;
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple."
The engulfing waters threatened me,
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around me head.
To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me forever.
But you brought my life up from the pit,
O Lord my God.'
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