Jonah 2:5
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And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 69:1,2 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. . . .

Lamentations 3:54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Context
Jonah's Prayer
4And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me. 5And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.6The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.…
Cross References
Luke 21:20
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Psalm 69:1
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

Psalm 69:2
I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

Lamentations 3:54
Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Lexicon
The waters
מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

engulfed me
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי (’ă·p̄ā·p̄ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 661: To surround, encompass

up to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the neck;
נֶ֔פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

the watery depths
תְּה֖וֹם (tə·hō·wm)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8415: An abyss, the deep

overcame me;
יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי (yə·sō·ḇə·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the seaweed
ס֖וּף (sūp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5488: A reed, the papyrus

wrapped
חָב֥וּשׁ (ḥā·ḇūš)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

around my head.
לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃ (lə·rō·šî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head


Additional Translations
The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
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