2He prayed: "In trouble, deep trouble, I prayed to GOD. He answered me. From the belly of the grave I cried, "Help!'' You heard my cry.b
3You threw me into ocean''s depths, into a watery grave, With ocean waves, ocean breakers crashing over me.c
4I said, "I''ve been thrown away, thrown out, out of your sight. I''ll never again lay eyes on your Holy Temple.''d
Jonah 2 records the prophet's prayer from inside the belly of a great fish. Having been thrown overboard in a storm, Jonah sinks to the depths of the sea, only to be swallowed and preserved. His prayer is a raw, poetic cry of desperation and repentance, quoting heavily from the P
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