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Jonah 2

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¹ Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly,

² And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. ⓐ

³ For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. ⓑ

⁴ Then I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. ⓒ

⁵ The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head. ⓓ

⁶ I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God.

⁷ When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.

⁸ Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness.

⁹ But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord!

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

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1	Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly,
2	And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. ⓐ
3	For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. ⓑ
4	Then I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. ⓒ
5	The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head. ⓓ
6	I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God.
7	When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.
8	Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness.
9	But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord!
10	And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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