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Give ear to my words, O Lord;
    understand my sighing.(A)
Attend to the sound of my cry,
    my king and my God!
For to you I will pray, Lord;

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Hear my cry for help,(A)
    my King and my God,(B)
    for to you I pray.

In the morning,(C) Lord, you hear my voice;
    in the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly.(D)

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I

Listen, God, to my prayer;(A)
    do not hide from my pleading;
    hear me and give answer.
I rock with grief; I groan

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    hear me and answer me.(A)
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught(B)
    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(C)
    and assail(D) me in their anger.(E)

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Lord, hear my prayer;
    listen to my cry for help.(A)

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Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry(A) for mercy.

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55 I have called upon your name, O Lord,(A)
    from the bottom of the pit;
56 You heard me call, “Do not let your ear be deaf
    to my cry for help.”

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55 I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths(A) of the pit.(B)
56 You heard my plea:(C) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”

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[a]Out of my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me;
From the womb of Sheol[b] I cried for help,
    and you heard my voice.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3–10 These verses, which may have originally been an independent composition, are a typical example of a song of thanksgiving, a common psalm genre (e.g., Ps 116; Is 38:9–20). Such a song is relevant here, since Jonah has not drowned, and the imagery of vv. 4, 6 is appropriate.
  2. 2:3 Sheol: cf. note on Ps 6:6.

You hurled me into the depths,(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(B) and breakers
    swept over me.(C)

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