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¹ Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,

² 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.

³ ⓓ 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.

⁴ ⓕ Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; ⓖyet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’

⁵ ⓗ The waters closed in over meⓘ to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head

⁶ at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

⁷ When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, ⓙand my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.

⁸ ⓚ Those who pay regard to vain idols ⓛforsake their hope of steadfast love.

⁹ ⓜ But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. ⓝSalvation belongs to the LORD!”

¹⁰ And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

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1	Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
2	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.
3	ⓓ 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.
4	ⓕ Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; ⓖyet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’
5	ⓗ The waters closed in over meⓘ to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
6	at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
7	When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, ⓙand my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
8	ⓚ Those who pay regard to vain idols ⓛforsake their hope of steadfast love.
9	ⓜ But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. ⓝSalvation belongs to the LORD!”
10	And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

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