Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
For they shall be satisfiedJonah 2:3-7
"You hurled me into the depths,/ into the very heart of the seas,/ and the currents swirled about me/ all your waves and breakers/ swept over me./ I said, ‘I have been banished/ from your sight;/ yet I will look again/ toward your holy temple.’/ The engulfing waters threatened me,/ the deep surrounded me;/ seaweed was wrapped around my head./ To the roots of the mountains I sank down;/ the earth beneath barred me in forever./ But you, Lord my God,/ brought my life up from the pit./ 'When my life was ebbing away,/ I remembered you, Lord,/ and my prayer rose to you,/ to your holy temple."