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