For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods surrounded me: all your billows and your waves passed over me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
I cried. These five verses (Haydock) express his thoughts while he was in the sea, (St. Jerome; Calmet) or in the fish. (Haydock)
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, (ver. 5.) and therefore vowing sacrifices of thanks, ver. 10. (Worthington)
Hell; the whale's belly, (Theodoret;) or rather the depth of the sea. It may denote any imminent danger.
