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| 2:1 |
From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
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| 2:2 |
He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
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| 2:3 |
You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
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| 2:4 |
I said, `I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.
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| 2:5 |
'The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
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| 2:6 |
To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.
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| 2:7 |
"When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
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| 2:8 |
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
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| 2:9 |
But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."
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| 2:10 |
And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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