Holy Scripture
Jonah 2:7
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“"When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD." LXX: 'when my spirit failed in me, I remembered the Lord'. Although I hoped for no aid, he says, the memory of the Lord saved me, according to this passage: "I remembered the Lord and I rejoiced" [Ps. 76:4], and in another passage, "I remembered former days and I…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: Yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
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5And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: Shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?
6Water was poured around me to the soul: The lowest deep compassed me, My head went down
— Jonah 2:7 —
8When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; And may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.
9They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.