1 | Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
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2 | And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard
me; out of the belly of hell 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 seas; and the
floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
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4 | Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy
holy temple.
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5 | The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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6 | I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was
about me for ever: yet hast thou 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
unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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8 | They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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9 | But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay
that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
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10 | And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry
land.
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