Hebrew Names Version HNV
New International Version NIV
2 He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of She'ol I cried. You heard my voice.
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He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3 For you threw me into the depths, In the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
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You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
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I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, Even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The eretz barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.
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To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD."
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But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ”
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