JonahChapter 2 |
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1 THEN Jonah prayed before the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, saying, |
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2 I cried to the LORD in my distress and he answered me; out of the depths of Sheol cried I, and thou heardest my voice. |
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3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me. |
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4 Then I said, I am cast afar out of thy sight; yet now I will see again thy holy temple. |
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5 The waters engulfed me, even to the soul; the depth closed me round about, my head lay at the bottom of the sea. |
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6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth shut up its bars against me for ever; yet thou hast brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. |
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7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple. |
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8 All those who revere false idols forsake thy mercy. |
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9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay the things that I have vowed, as a reward for the LORD. |
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10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. |