My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness,
And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
“For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”
As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
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