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¹ Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish: ⓕ

² I called to the LORD in my distress, ⓖ and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside [1] Sheol; ⓗ you heard my voice. ⓘ

³ You threw me into the depths, ⓙ into the heart of the seas, ⓚ and the current [2] overcame me. All your breakers and your billows swept over me. ⓛ

⁴ But I said, “I have been banished ⓜ from your sight, ⓝ yet I will look once more [3] toward your holy temple. ⓐ

⁵ The water engulfed me up to the neck; [4] ⓑ the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. ⓒ

⁶ I sank to the foundations of the mountains, ⓓ the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! ⓔ Then you raised my life ⓕ from the Pit, LORD my God! ⓖ

⁷ As my life was fading away, ⓗ I remembered the LORD, ⓘ and my prayer came to you, ⓙ to your holy temple. ⓚ

⁸ Those who cherish worthless idols ⓛ abandon their faithful love, ⓜ

⁹ but as for me, I will sacrifice ⓝ to you with a voice of thanksgiving. ⓐ I will fulfill ⓑ what I have vowed. Salvation [5] belongs to the LORD.” ⓒ

¹⁰ Then the LORD commanded the fish, ⓓ and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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1	Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish: ⓕ
2	I called to the LORD in my distress, ⓖ and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside [1] Sheol; ⓗ you heard my voice. ⓘ
3	You threw me into the depths, ⓙ into the heart of the seas, ⓚ and the current [2] overcame me. All your breakers and your billows swept over me. ⓛ
4	But I said, “I have been banished ⓜ from your sight, ⓝ yet I will look once more [3] toward your holy temple. ⓐ
5	The water engulfed me up to the neck; [4] ⓑ the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. ⓒ
6	I sank to the foundations of the mountains, ⓓ the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! ⓔ Then you raised my life ⓕ from the Pit, LORD my God! ⓖ
7	As my life was fading away, ⓗ I remembered the LORD, ⓘ and my prayer came to you, ⓙ to your holy temple. ⓚ
8	Those who cherish worthless idols ⓛ abandon their faithful love, ⓜ
9	but as for me, I will sacrifice ⓝ to you with a voice of thanksgiving. ⓐ I will fulfill ⓑ what I have vowed. Salvation [5] belongs to the LORD.” ⓒ
10	Then the LORD commanded the fish, ⓓ and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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