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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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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. I cried. These five verses ( Bible.) express his thoughts while he was in the sea, (Saint Jerome Calmet.) or in the fish. Bible.—He doubtless prayed before, when he was cast into the sea, and also in the whale’s belly, having then greater confidence that he should arrive safely on dry land, (verse 5) and therefore vowing sacrifices of thanks, verse 10. Worthington.—Hell; the whale’s belly, (Theod. and so forth) or rather the depth of the sea. It may denote any imminent danger.
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